Santa Rosa Island
Americannoun
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an island off the coast of California, in the Santa Barbara (Channel Islands) of California. 17 miles (27 km) long.
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a barrier island off the NW coast of Florida, E of Pensacola. 50 miles (80 km) long.
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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 • Mar. 21, 2024
He said that passengers did not receive a safety briefing from the time they boarded the boat on Saturday night to the time they arrived at Santa Rosa Island about noon the next day.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2019
The last major hurricane to strike this part of Florida was Dennis, which made landfall in 2005 as a Category 3 storm on Santa Rosa Island, about 40 miles east of Pensacola.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2018
The skull of a mammoth — possibly roaming the planet 13,000 years ago — was unearthed from an eroding stream in the Santa Rosa Island at Channel Islands National Park.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2016
Seven miles from the end of Santa Rosa Island the boats emerged from the passage between the sounds, and entered Choctawhatchee Bay.
From Four Months in a Sneak-Box by Bishop, Nathaniel H. (Nathaniel Holmes)
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