NASA satellite image of Anacapa Island

Anacapa Island is a small volcanic island located about 14 miles (23 km) off the coast of Ventura, California, in Ventura County. Cropped from NASA image, taken by ASTER, originally from http://earthobservatory. ... Cropped from NASA image, taken by ASTER, originally from http://earthobservatory. ... A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. ... San Buenaventura (Ventura) is the county seat of Ventura County, California. ... Ventura County is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area, located on Californias Pacific coast. ...

Anacapa is part of the Channel Islands archipelago (island chain), and is part of the Channel Islands National Park. It is the smallest of the northern islands. The island is actually composed of three islets; the island's size, perhaps unclear because of the geographic issue of the islets, is measured as either 699 or 717 acres (2.8 or 2.9 km²). The eight Channel Islands of California, off the west coast of the United States. ... An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... The Channel Islands National Park is a national park that consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of the U.S. state of California, in the Pacific Ocean. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

Anacapa has only one resident—a National Park Ranger who lives in government housing on the island. The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... A Park Ranger is a person charged with protecting and preserving parkland, forests (then called Forest Rangers), wilderness areas other natural resources. ...

Anacapa is the only one of the Channel Islands to have a non-Spanish-derived name. Anacapa comes from the Chumash word eneepah, meaning mirage island. Rafael, a Chumash in the 1800s Chumash The Chumash Indians, a Native American tribe, mainly inhabited the southern coastal regions of California, in the vicinity of what is now Santa Barbara and Ventura, extending as far south as Malibu. ...

History

On the night of December 2, 1853, the sidewheel steamer Winfield Scott running at full speed crashed into the rocks off Middle Anacapa and sank. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Steamer can refer to a Steamboat or Steamship or a Soft-shell Clam or mussel (generally cooked by steaming) Any of a number of cooking appliances and cooking utensils that cook by steaming, such as a rice cooker. ...

The United States Coast Guard built a light beacon in 1912 and a light station in 1932. Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the coast guard of the United States. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...

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