Justin



Anacapa Island is a wonderful place. The location is very interesting and incredible. When you look out from the Ventura beaches you will see two Islands. The one on the left is Anacapa Island and the one on the right is Santa Cruz Island. Those two awesome Islands are about 5 miles apart from each other. Also the Anacapa Island is 14 miles off the coast of Ventura. Anacapa Island is 34 degrees latitude and also 11.94 longitude.



Anacapa Island has a very beautiful apperence. Well this is it. It really reminds me of a big crocodile laying down in the water with it’s really big tail crossing the entire ocean. It is made of igneous rock. This big Island is made up of 3 big islets. It has lots of caves in the Island which used to let the lava flow through. Also it has a lot of sheer cliffs because it has been weathered and eroded. That is also why it’s an igneous rock. The Brown Pelican is a very endangered animal and is slowly coming back from almost being extinction. This beautiful bird is one of the most common animal on the Anacapa Island. It eats lots of fish and ossasionally fish. It likes living by the coastal waters. It is sometimes found Carillon Island to Mexico. The Brown Pelicans scientific name is Pelecanuc occidentalis Anacapa Island Native plants Anacapa Island has some very beautiful plants. The Cliff aster is one of them. It’s one of the most common flower on this Island. Also it has a big yellow star in the middle of the flower and has lots of white leaves surrounding it. This masterpieces scientific name is (Malacothrix (Saxatilis. It can grow to be 30 to 60 centimeters tall. It has flowers on it for most of the year.