Alt Text Map of Channel Islands National Park, a series of five islands flanked to the north by Santa Barbara Channel and the Pacific Ocean to the south. A strip of continental California takes up almost the top half of the map. The islands and coastal areas are green. The water is blue shaded to indicate underwater terrain. Extended Description This description will begin with the islands before moving onto the geographic features in the Pacific Ocean and Santa Barbara Channel. The section of continental California will follow before transcribing the legend, which is in the lower left corner of the map. The Islands Four of the islands create a chain across the middle of this map, and the fifth is southeast in the lower right corner. Each island is surrounded by a green line and then a larger blue, cocoon-shaped oval that encapsulates them all. Starting in the west, San Miguel Island has Cabrillo Monument and the Lester Ranch site, as well as a ranger station, restrooms, and campground. San Miguel Passage separates San Miguel Island from Santa Rosa Island, which is at least three times the size of San Miguel. On Santa Rosa, the Vail and Vickers Ranch has a ranger station and restrooms. Campgrounds are available halfway between the ranch and Torrey Pines. Santa Cruz Channel separates Santa Rosa from Santa Cruz Island, the largest of the four. The west half of the island is labeled The Nature Conservancy Property, which includes the Painted Cave. The right half is NPS Property, which includes Prisoners Harbor with a ranger station and restrooms, Scorpion Ranch with a ranger station, restrooms, and campground, and Smugglers Cove with restrooms. The smallest of these four islands, Anacapa Island to the east, is separated from its neighbor by the Anacapa Passage. The Light Station and museum, ranger station, restrooms, and campgrounds are on the eastern tip of the island. To the southeast, Santa Barbara Island is closest in size to Anacapa Island. It has a light beacon, ranger station, restrooms, and camping. Around the Islands The Santa Cruz Basin, with a low point of 6,448 feet (1,966 meters) below sea level, runs diagonally from Santa Cruz Island southeast to Santa Barbara Island. To the east of the basin, Pilgrim Banks separate it from the Santa Monica Basin. Seventeen locations in the basins, banks, and Santa Barbara Channel are marked with depth measurements. Sites along the southern coastline of continental California include Point Arguello, Point Conception, Goleta Point, Outdoors Santa Barbara Visitor Center at Santa Barbara Harbor, Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Largomarsino Visitor Center (Park Headquarters), and Point Mugu. The Santa Ynez Mountains line the coast for the first two-thirds of the map. From west to east, the San Rafael Mountains, Los Padres National Forest, Pine Mountain, Topatopa Mountains, Sulfur Mountain, Oak Ridge, and Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area span the right half of the map. Towns include Lompoc, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, and Newbury Park. Legend The legend begins with red text reading “Do Not Use This Map For Navigation. For safe boating, National Ocean Survey maps are indispensable.” Green lines indicate “Authorized park boundary - The Channel Islands National Park boundary extends 1.8 km (1 nautical mile) from the shore of each island.” Blue lines trace “Authorized marine sanctuary boundary - The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary boundary extends 10.8 km (6 nautical miles) from the shore of each island.” Symbols for ranger stations, restrooms, and campgrounds follow. Then text reads, “Data Sources: Depth tints and terrestrial relief derive from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) produced by NOAA and the USGS. Bathymetric relief shading was manually produced.” A scale measuring 5 and 10 kilometers and 5 and 10 miles is below.