Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
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| Santa Cruz Island | Island |
| Channel Islands National Park | Group of Islands |
| Santa Barbara County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Santa Cruz Island is located in the Pacific Ocean about 27 miles (43 km) South of Santa Barbara, and about 20 miles (32 km) offshore of Ventura, California. It is the largest island in California and the largest of the eight islands in the Channel Islands archipelago and Channel Islands National Park. Forming part of the northern group of the Channel Islands, Santa Cruz is 22 miles (35 km) long and 2 to 6 miles (3 to 10 km) wide with an area of 61,764.6 acres (249.952 km2).
The island's coastline has steep cliffs, large sea caves, coves, and sandy beaches. The highest point is Devils Peak, at over 2,450 feet (747 m). A central valley splits the island along the Santa Cruz Island Fault, with volcanic rock on the north and older sedimentary rock on the south. This volcanic rock was heavily fractured during an uplift phase that formed the island, and over a hundred large sea caves have been carved into the resulting faults. The largest of these is Painted Cave, among the world's largest.
List of minerals for each chemical element
Fossils
There are 6 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.These data are provided on an experimental basis and are taken from external databases. Mindat.org has no control currently over the accuracy of these data.
| Occurrences | 7 | ||||||
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| Youngest Fossil Listed | 0.01 Ma (Pleistocene) | ||||||
| Oldest Fossil Listed | 13.8 Ma (Miocene) | ||||||
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| Fossils from Region | Click here to show the list. | ||||||
| Fossil Localities | Click to show 6 fossil localities |
Other Databases
| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Island |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q1398502 |
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Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, Santa Barbara County, California, USA