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Santa Catalina Island, often called simply Catalina Island, or just Catalina, is a rocky island off the coast of the
U.S. state of California. The 74.98 mile acre island is located about 22 miles south-southwest of San Pedro,
Los Angeles, California. Most of the island is owned by the Catalina Island Conservancy.
About 400 species of native plants grow on the island, six of which are endemic and can be found only on Catalina
Island. Catalina's airport, the "Airport in the Sky" (AVX), was completed in 1946. The 3,250-foot (990-meter) runway
sits on a mountaintop, 1,602 feet (488 meters) above sea level. Up until the time of the airport's construction,
the only air service to the island was provided by seaplanes.
Factoid:
Factoid: In 1975, Philip Wrigley of the Wrigley chewing gum family fortune deeded the Wrigley shares in the Santa
Catalina Island Company to the Catalina Island Conservancy that he had helped create.
GPS Location:
33 Degrees 22’30” N 118 Degrees 25’56” W
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