ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP NAUTICAL CHART California Point Dume Purisima Santa Barbara

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ORIGINAL VINTAGE MAP TERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART
California, Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, Anacapa Island, San Miguel, Point Conception, Point Dume, Purisima Point, Ynez Mountains.
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
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Santa Barbara
(
Spanish
:
Santa Bárbara
, meaning "
Saint Barbara
") is a coastal city in
Santa Barbara County, California
, of which it is also the
county seat
. Situated on a south-facing section of coastline, the longest such section on the
West Coast of the United States
, the city lies between the steeply rising
Santa Ynez Mountains
and the
Pacific Ocean
. Santa Barbara's climate is often described as
Mediterranean
, and the city has been promoted as the "American
Riviera
".
[10]
According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the city's population was 88,665.
[11]
In addition to being a popular tourist and resort destination, the city has a diverse economy that includes a large service sector, education, technology, health care, finance, agriculture, manufacturing, and local government. In 2004, the service sector accounted for 35% of local employment.
[12]
Education in particular is well represented, with four institutions of higher learning on the south coast: the
University of California, Santa Barbara
,
Santa Barbara City College
,
Westmont College
, and
Antioch University
. The city is served by
Santa Barbara Airport
and train service is provided by
Amtrak
, which operates the
Pacific Surfliner
, which runs from
San Diego
to
San Luis Obispo
. The Santa Barbara area is connected via
U.S. Highway 101
to
Los Angeles
100 mi (160 km) to the southeast and
San Francisco
325 mi (525 km) to the northwest. Behind the city, in and beyond the Santa Ynez Mountains, is the
Los Padres National Forest
, which contains several remote wilderness areas.
Channel Islands National Park
and
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
are located approximately 20 miles (30 km) offshore.
Point Dume
is a
promontory
on the coast of
Malibu, California
that juts out into the
Pacific Ocean
. The point, a long bluff, forms the northern end of the
Santa Monica Bay
. Point Dume Natural Area affords a vista of the
Palos Verdes Peninsula
and
Santa Catalina Island
.
Zuma Beach
lies to its immediate northwest.
Point Conception
(
Chumash
:
Humqaq
) is a
headland
along the
Gaviota Coast
in southwestern
Santa Barbara County, California
. It is the point where the
Santa Barbara Channel
meets the
Pacific Ocean
, and as the corner between the mostly north-south trending portion of coast to the north and the east-west trending part of the coast near
Santa Barbara
, it makes a natural division between
Southern
and
Central California
,
[1]
and is commonly used as such in regional weather forecasts.
[2]
The
Point Conception Lighthouse
is at its tip.
Anacapa Island
(
Chumash
:
Anyapax
, meaning "mirage, illusion")
[2]
[3]
[4]
is a small
volcanic island
located about 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of
Port Hueneme, California
, in
Ventura County
. The island is composed of a series of narrow islets 6 mi (10 km) long, oriented generally east–west and 5 mi (8 km) east of
Santa Cruz Island
. The three main islets, East, Middle and West Anacapa, are collectively known as
The Anacapas
by some authors
[
citation needed
]
. All three islets have precipitous cliffs, dropping off steeply into the sea.
Anacapa is the smallest of the northern islands of the
Channel Islands
archipelago
, and is within the
Channel Islands National Park
. It is 9 miles (14 km) across the Santa Barbara Channel from the nearest point on the mainland. It lies southwest of the city of Ventura.
[5]