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San Miguel Island - Definition and Overview
San Miguel Island

San Miguel Island is the westernmost of California's Channel Islands and the sixth-largest of the eight at 9,325 acres (3,774 hectares). The island, at its furthest extent, is eight miles (13 km) long and 3.7 miles (six km) wide.

San Miguel is part of Channel Islands National Park and lies within Santa Barbara County.

Point Bennett, the island's western beach, often plays host to as many as six different species of pinnipeds.

San Miguel is rumored to be the burialplace of Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo; there is a monument there in his honor.

The San Miguel subspecies of island fox may be extinct.


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Channel Islands of California:
Anacapa Island - San Clemente Island - San Miguel Island
San Nicolas Island - Santa Barbara Island
    Santa Catalina Island - Santa Cruz Island - Santa Rosa Island    		 Channel Islands


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