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CEDAR KEY — Two days on from devastating winds churning up a record-breaking storm surge, the cavalry kicked into high gear Saturday on Cedar Key to help the island cut off from power and ...
55/sq mi (21.2/km 2) Santa Catalina Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Catalina; often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, and also known as Pimu[1] as the traditional name of the Indigenous people of the Tongva Tribe) is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina.
Santa Barbara Island (Spanish: Isla de Santa Bárbara; Tongva: Tchunashngna) [1] is a small island of the Channel Islands archipelago in Southern California. It is protected within Channel Islands National Park, and its marine ecosystem is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Public passenger access to Santa Barbara Island is ...
The eight Channel Islands of California, off the west coast of North America Island Indigenous Name and Meaning Area mi 2 Area km 2 Population Census 2000 County Highest peak feet (m) Northern Channel Islands: Anacapa: Anyapakh (deception or mirage) [9] 1.14: 2.95: 3: Ventura: Summit Peak, 930 (283) San Miguel: Tuqan (unknown meaning) [10] 14. ...
The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a small fox species that is endemic to six of the eight Channel Islands of California. There are six subspecies, each unique to the island it lives on, reflecting its evolutionary history. They are generally docile, show little fear of humans, and are easily tamed. Island foxes played an important role in ...
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Channel Islands. The Channel Islands[note 1] are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They are divided into two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands. Historically ...
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