Gulf of Santa Catalina
33°00′N 118°00′W / 33.000°N 118.000°W
The Gulf of Santa Catalina, also the Gulf of Catalina, is a gulf in the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States. The eastern coast of the gulf belongs to the states of California, United States, and Baja California, Mexico. The largest town on the shore of the gulf is San Diego. The islands in the gulf include Santa Catalina Island. The gulf covers an area of more than 100 sq mi (260 km2) and borders the east coast of Catalina and the beaches of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties.
The gulf is located in a seismically active area.[1]
History
[edit]The gulf was first navigated by European discoverers in 1542, when Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed there from Navidad on the San Salvador and two other ships.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ryan, Holly F.; Mark R. Legg; James E. Conrad; Ray W. Sliter (2009). "Recent faulting in the Gulf of Santa Catalina: San Diego to Dana Point". Geological Society of America Bulletin. Special Papers 495. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/2009.2454(4.5). ISBN 9780813724546.
- ^ Kelsey, Harry (1986). Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, pp. 144–150.[ISBN missing]
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- Gulfs of the Pacific Ocean
- Gulfs of the United States
- Gulfs of Mexico
- Bodies of water of California
- Landforms of Southern California
- Landforms of Baja California
- Landforms of the Channel Islands of California
- Santa Catalina Island (California)
- Bodies of water of Los Angeles County, California
- Bodies of water of Orange County, California
- Bodies of water of San Diego County, California