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6 unusual facts about Santa Catalina Island


Anthocharis cethura catalina

The Catalina Orangetip (Anthocharis cethura catalina), is a subspecies of the butterfly Desert Orangetip that is found only on Santa Catalina Island.

Dissanthelium

One of the two species native to North America, the California dissanthelium, was thought to be extinct until a single population was discovered on Santa Catalina Island, California, in 2005.

Horace Heidt

He bought the mansion from the widow of a retired dentist; it offered stunning views of Santa Monica Canyon, overlooking the Riviera Country Club and Catalina Island on a clear day.

Lucía Maya

Lucía Maya (born 1953 in Santa Catalina Island, California) is a Mexican painter, sculptor and lithographer whose work has been displayed at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon and the Puerto Rico Museum of Contemporary Art.

Roland West

Todd and West began their affair shortly after meeting on a yachting excursion to Catalina Island in 1930.

Spencer Davis

While remaining honorary member and supporter of the Wales nationalist party, Plaid Cymru, Davis now lives in Avalon on Catalina Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California.


Catalina eddy

The eddy gets its name from Santa Catalina Island, the Channel Island closest to the Los Angeles-Long Beach area; the center of an eddy is often located above or near the island.

Catalina Express

The Catalina Express is a passenger ferry services that operates scheduled passenger service between Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island and San Pedro, Long Beach and Dana Point on the California mainland.

Charles Frederick Holder

In 1898, he founded the Tuna Club of Avalon in Avalon, California on Santa Catalina Island, California as an international organization that called for proper management of all game fish.

Charles Frederick Holder (1851–1915) was the inventor of big-game fishing and a founder of Pasadena's Tournament of Roses and the Tuna Club of Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, California.

Dick Jurgens

Jurgens held residencies at the Casino Ballroom on Catalina Island, the Elitch Gardens in Denver, the Aragon Ballroom and the Trianon Ballroom in Chicago, and other popular swing venues.

Douglas Dolphin

The first two were purchased by Wilmington-Catalina Airlines to fly passengers between Los Angeles and Santa Catalina Island, becoming the first successful Douglas airliners.

Fisherman's Village

Various types of ocean-going vessels can be seen as they pass Fisherman's Village en route to or returning from voyages into Santa Monica Bay, Catalina Island, the Pacific Ocean and beyond.

Guillermo Söhnlein

During 2010-2012, Söhnlein helped organize five submarine exploration expeditions to Santa Catalina Island in California, Puget Sound in Washington, Monterey Bay (twice) in California, and Miami in Florida.


see also

Catalina Pottery

The pottery opened free standing stores to sell their wares in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Hollywood, Olvera Street in Los Angeles, and in the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix.