Santa Barbara Channel Islands Place Mat

Channel islands national marine sanctuary located off the coast of santa barbara and ventura counties in california is one of 14 federally designated marine protected area administered by the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa within the department of commerce.

Santa barbara channel islands place mat.

The four northern channel islands san miguel santa rosa santa cruz and anacapa border the channel on the south. The smallest of the california channel islands it is only one square mile in size or 639 acres. Santa barbara island is 38 miles from the closest point on the mainland. Native american peoples probably the chumash and tongva occupied santa barbara island periodically for millennia.

The santa barbara channel is nationally recognized as an incredibly diverse and biologically sensitive ecosystem. The channel extends from point conception to point mugu and is located in the southern california bight. Crush your pre or post shopping hunger with a delicious burger fresh cut island fries a tropical drink or the coldest beer in town. Formed by underwater volcanic activity the island is roughly triangular in.

The island was named by spanish explorer sebastián. Join us for lunch dinner or happy hour at our santa barbara location in la cumbre plaza. Archaeological sites dating to as much as 4 000 years ago have been documented on the island which may have served as a stopover or refuge point for voyagers between the mainland and the other channel islands.