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Santa Catalina Island (or just Catalina Island for short) is located 22 miles off the Southern California coast. Santa Catalina Island of California is named after St. Catherine which is Santa Catalina in Spanish. Santa Catalina Island in California was first founded in 1542 by Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo.

How to get to  Santa Catalina Island? Getting to Catalina Islands, off the Southern California coast, is easy. The most common way to get to Catalina Island California is by a Catalina island ferry such as the Catalina Express or the Catalina Explorer. The Catalina Island Express runs more frequently than the Catalina Island Explorer but both will get you safely to Catalina Islands. It takes only about one hour on a Santa Catalina Island ferry to go from Southern California locations, such as Long Beach or San Pedro, to the famous Santa Catalina Island of California.

Santa Catalina Island, California, has two cities called Avalon and Two Harbors. The biggest city of Santa Catalina Islands, California, is Avalon which has about 3,000 residents year round. Two Harbor, the only other city of Catalina Islands, California, has only 150 residents. Most visitors of Santa Catalina Island visit Avalon. 

There are many Catalina Islands hotels. Almost all of the Catalina Islands hotels can be found on the main strip of Santa Catalina Island in Avalon. The main shopping strip on Catalina Islands is less than a mile long and Avalon itself is only about a mile in size.

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