Santa Catalina Island, or just Catalina Island, is an island in California near Los Angeles. The main town is Avalon.

The island is 22 miles (35 km) long and eight miles (13 km) wide. The highest point on the island is Mt. Orizaba (2126 feet or 648 meters). About 4,000 people live on the island.

The first people who lived there were American Indians named "Tongva". In 1919, William Wrigley, Jr., who sold chewing gum, bought the island. When he died he gave it to a trust.

The island has many plants and animals that live nowhere else on Earth. According to the National Resources Defense Council, Avalon Beach is one of the dirtiest beaches in the United States.[1]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Santa Catalina Island, California.

• Catalina Island Museum for Island History
• The Catalina Island Conservancy
• USC Wrigley Institute
• Santa Catalina Island Interpretive Center Archived 2008-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Collectors of Catalina Island Pottery & Tile

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