Catalina Island
Catalina Island is near the southern end of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. It is part of Los Angeles County, and is a popular day trip and vacation destination for locals and tourists.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Avalon and Two Harbors.
Avalon
Avalon is a resort city on Catalina Island, just off the coast of Southern California. Avalon is the main settlement on Catalina, and home to the majority of the island's permanent population.
Two Harbors
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Two Harbors is a small village with a population of 150 that lies right on the isthmus of Santa Catalina Island. Two Harbors is a popular boating destination for Angelenos due to its protective natural cove.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Catalina Airport and Mount Orizaba.
Catalina Airport
Aerodrome
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Catalina Airport is a privately owned airport located 6.4 miles northwest of the central business district of Avalon, California, United States, in the middle of Catalina Island.
Mount Orizaba
Peak
Mount Orizaba is the highest peak on Santa Catalina Island, California, United States. The summit is at 2,097 feet. On January 10, 1949, 8 inches of snow fell on the mountain.
Catalina Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Catalina”, “Ponga *”, “San Salvador”, and “Santa Catalina Island”
- Neighbors: Channel Islands National Park
- Categories: rancho of California and landform
- Location: South Bay, Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Catalina Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Catalina Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة سانتا كاتالينا”
- Armenian: “Սանտա-Կատալինա”
- Asturian: “Islla Santa Catalina (California)”
- Asturian: “Islla Santa Catalina”
- Basque: “Santa Katalina uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Санта-Каталіна”
- Catalan: “illa Santa Catalina”
- Catalan: “Illa Santa Catalina”
- Catalan: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Catalan: “Santa Catalina”
- Cebuano: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Chinese: “卡特琳娜岛”
- Chinese: “圣卡塔利娜岛”
- Chinese: “聖卡塔利娜島”
- Danish: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Dutch: “Catalina Island”
- Dutch: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره سانتا كاتالينا”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Santa Catalina”
- Estonian: “Santa Catalina saar”
- Faroese: “Catalinaoy”
- Faroese: “Catalinaoyggj”
- Finnish: “Catalina Island”
- Finnish: “Santa Catalina Island”
- French: “Catalina Island”
- French: “Ile Santa Catalina”
- French: “île Santa Catalina”
- French: “Île Santa Catalina”
- French: “Santa Catalina Island”
- German: “Santa Catalina Insel”
- German: “Santa Catalina Island”
- German: “Santa Catalina Islands”
- German: “Santa Katalina Island”
- German: “Santa-Catalina-Insel”
- Hebrew: “סנטה קטלינה”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Santa Catalina”
- Italian: “Isola di Santa Catalina”
- Italian: “Santa Catalina”
- Japanese: “サンタ・カタリーナ島”
- Japanese: “サンタ・カタリナ島”
- Japanese: “サンタカタリーナ島”
- Japanese: “サンタカタリナ島”
- Korean: “샌타카탈리나 섬”
- Korean: “샌타카탈리나섬”
- Lithuanian: “Santa Katalina”
- Lithuanian: “Santa Katalinos sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Norwegian: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Persian: “جزیره سانتا کاتالینا”
- Polish: “Catalina Island”
- Polish: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Santa Catalina”
- Russian: “Санта-Каталина”
- Serbian: “Санта Каталина”
- Slovenian: “otok Santa Catalina”
- Spanish: “Isla Catalina”
- Spanish: “Isla de Santa Catalina”
- Spanish: “Isla De Santa Catalina”
- Spanish: “Isla Santa Catalina”
- Swedish: “Santa Catalina Island”
- Turkish: “Santa Catalina Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Санта-Каталіна”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ سانتا کاتالینا (کیلیفورنیا)”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ سانتا کاتالینا”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Santa Catalina, California”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Santa Catalina”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ سانتا کاتالینا”
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