Santa Rosa Island (California)

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Santa Rosa Island
Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa
Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Channel Islands
Geographical location 33 ° 58 ′  N , 120 ° 6 ′  W Coordinates: 33 ° 58 ′  N , 120 ° 6 ′  W
Santa Rosa Island (California) (California)
Santa Rosa Island (California)
length 26 km
width 17 km
surface 215.27 km²
Highest elevation Vail Peak
484  m
Residents 2 (2000)
<1 inh / km²
Map of the Channel Islands, Santa Rosa to the west
Map of the Channel Islands, Santa Rosa to the west

With an area of ​​215.27 km², Santa Rosa Island is the second largest island in the Californian Channel Islands in the Pacific . The island is about 26 km long, up to 17 km wide and reaches a height of 484 meters above sea level in Vail Peak . Santa Rosa is 42 kilometers south of the California coast between San Miguel and Santa Cruz , the largest island in the archipelago, in the northern group of the Channel Islands. Santa Rosa Island is administratively part of Santa Barbara County and is part of the Channel Islands National Park . According to the 2000 Census, the island has two registered residents.

In 2007 a new endemic lichen species was discovered here, which was named Caloplaca obamae in 2009 in honor of US President Barack Obama .

The bones of Arlington Springs Man discovered on the island are, at over 13,000 years old, probably the oldest human bones found on the American continent.

Web links

Commons : Santa Rosa Island  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Block 3009, Block Group 3, Census Tract 29.10, Santa Barbara County (English)
  2. John R. Johnson: Ancient Bones May Rewrite History ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sbnature.org