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ID: 1008999
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1008999
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Santa Catalina Island (island)  Santa Catalina Island (island)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 23 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.3833  decimal degrees
Long: 118 25 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -118.4167  decimal degrees

Note: Located 22 miles offshore from Long Beach, in the Channel Islands. It was home to Native Americans (Canaliños). It has been part of the USA since 1848; it was developed as a resort after businessman W. Wrigley purchased the island in 1919. It is noted noted for its seal colony, snorkling areas, and gardens.

Names:
Santa Catalina Island (preferred,C,V)  ............ so-named by explorers who took refuge here on the feast of St. Catherine of Alexandria (Catalina) in 1602
Catalina Island (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Los Angeles (county)  ................  Los Angeles (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Santa Catalina Island (island)  ....................  Santa Catalina Island (island) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Channel Islands (island group)  ................  Channel Islands (island group) (P)
Hierarchy of Santa Catalina Island (island)  ....................  Santa Catalina Island (island) (P)

Place Types:
island (preferred, C)
wilderness area (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Catalina Island..........  [VP]
.............................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6057512
Santa Catalina Island..........  [VP Preferred]
......................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 424
......................................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6057512
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 424
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6057512
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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