Santa Rosa Island

noun

1. an island off the coast of California, in the Santa Barbara (Channel Islands) of California. 17 miles (27 km) long.
2. a barrier island off the NW coast of Florida, E of Pensacola. 50 miles (80 km) long.

Example Sentences

The route: Start at Del Mar City Beach, hiking to the Torrey Pines State Beach parking area and Los Penasquitos Lagoon, where you’ll see our unique native tree, the torrey pine, which is the rarest endemic pine in the New World, growing only at this area and on Santa Rosa Island near Santa Barbara.

From Los Angeles Times

Sharpe noted that La’i was naturally hatched on Santa Rosa Island in 2013 and was banded, or tagged, as a nestling that year.

From Los Angeles Times

The oldest unequivocal evidence of human presence in California comes from a partial skeleton known as the Arlington Springs Man, found on Santa Rosa Island and dated to about 12,900 years ago—after the megafauna were gone.

From Science Magazine

The brand-new Pensacola Bay Bridge, one of only two evacuation routes off Santa Rosa Island and Pensacola Beach, was shut down Tuesday when a barge operated by a state contractor collided with the structure.

From Washington Post

Coast Guard was notified by a Good Samaritan that a man was bitten by a shark while surfing near Santa Rosa Island, part of the Channel Islands, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Mark Barney.

From Los Angeles Times