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The Channel Islands National Park is a national park that consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of the U.S. statestate is any one of the 50 states which have membership of the federation known as the United States of America (USA or U. The separate state governments and the U. federal government share sovereignty. The United States Constitution allocates power betwe of California, in the Pacific OceanFor other meanings of pacific see pacific (disambiguation). The Pacific Ocean (from the Spanish Pacifico meaning peaceful is the world's largest body of water. It encompasses a third of the Earth's surface, having an area of 179. 7 million km² (69. 4 mill. The islands within the park extend along the southern California coast from Point Conception near Santa BarbaraAlternative meaing: Santa Barbara (soap opera Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. Mission Santa Barbara, "The Queen of the Missions", is loc to just north of Los Angeles. Park headquarters and the Robert J. Lagomarsino visitor center are located in the city of Ventura.

Channel Islands National Park is home to a wide variety of nationally and internationally significant natural and cultural resources. It was designated a National Monument on April 26April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). There are 249 days remaining. Events 1478 The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral. 1607 English col, 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai and a National Biosphere Reserve in 1976. It was promoted to a National Park on March 5, 1980.

Over 2,000 species of plants and animals can be found within the park. However only four mammals are endemic to the islands, one of which is the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) which is known to carry the sin nombre hantavirus. Other animals in the park include harbor seals, sea lions, island fox, spotted skunk, island night lizard, barn owls, American kestrels, horned tark s and meadowlark s and California brown pelican. One hundred and forty-five of these species are unique to the islands and found nowhere else in the world. Marine life ranges from microscopic plankton to the endangered blue whale, the largest animal to live on earth. Archeological and cultural resources span a period of more than 10,000 years.

The park consists of 390 mi² ( 1010 km²), half of which are under the ocean, and include the islands of San Miguel (9,325 acres), Santa Rosa (52,794 acres), Anacapa (699 acres) and Santa Barbara (639 acres), Santa Cruz (60,645 acres, 76% owned by the Nature Conservancy, 24% by the National Park Service). Even though the islands seem tantalizingly close to the densely populated, southern California coast, their isolation has left them relatively undeveloped.