3D Elevation profile of Santa Cruz Island looking from the East to the West
Top: 34.136
left: -119.940
Right: -119.497
Bottom: 33.885
Geographic Coordinate System:
GCS_North_American_1983
Datum: D_North_American_1983
When I was attending Pasadena City College, I had the opportunity to take a class in which we studied the current and historic geology of Santa Cruz Island. Santa Cruz is largely owned by The Nature Conservancy, which is an organization that has come to be very stingy about who is allowed onto the island. Around 85% of the island is accessible only to researchers and large financial contributors to the Nature Conservancy. The park service owns the rest and has guided tours and allows anyone with a permit to come out. As a class we were able to explore the entire island, which has only a few structures and no paved roads for an extended weekend. Over the course of a few days I was able to gain a fairly intimate knowledge of the topography on the relatively small island. The large valley in the center of the island is due to a fault, which separates the high volcanic peaks of the north island from the schists of the south.
Datum: D_North_American_1983
When I was attending Pasadena City College, I had the opportunity to take a class in which we studied the current and historic geology of Santa Cruz Island. Santa Cruz is largely owned by The Nature Conservancy, which is an organization that has come to be very stingy about who is allowed onto the island. Around 85% of the island is accessible only to researchers and large financial contributors to the Nature Conservancy. The park service owns the rest and has guided tours and allows anyone with a permit to come out. As a class we were able to explore the entire island, which has only a few structures and no paved roads for an extended weekend. Over the course of a few days I was able to gain a fairly intimate knowledge of the topography on the relatively small island. The large valley in the center of the island is due to a fault, which separates the high volcanic peaks of the north island from the schists of the south.
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