The Catalina Casino, a famous landmark overlooking Avalon Harbor on Santa Catalina Island, California, has never been used for traditional games of chance, which were already outlawed in California by the time it was built.

The Dominican Republic's small Catalina Island has been studied since 13 December 2007, by a team of underwater archaeologists from Indiana University, after an Italian tourist announced the discovery of an old wreck at just under the clear blue waters, at a distance of no more than offshore.

" The waters in which the ship was found were less than ten feet deep and were only off of Catalina Island, just to the south of La Romana on the Dominican coast.

The sea was his sanctuary and he loved to sail around Catalina Island.

* 1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off the California coast.

The Facilities of the Catalina Island Marine Institute at Toyon Bay on Santa Catalina Island, Calif., are composed ( in part ) of a former OSS survival training camp.

For its science students, USC operates the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies located on Catalina Island just off the coast of Los Angeles and home to the Philip K. Wrigley Marine Science Center.

Their training started in November 1943 at Camp Pendleton, California, moved to Santa Catalina Island, California in January 1944, and finally moved to the warmer waters of The Bahamas in March 1944.

They were childhood friends, since his father and her uncle, Phinneas Banning, were partners in the ownership of Catalina Island, where the families spent their summers.

A similar study on Santa Catalina Island, California reported a mean litter size of 5.

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These waves come from a northeasterly direction ; toward the normally sheltered side of Catalina Island.

Several ports and harbors in the South Bay provide access to Santa Catalina Island, a popular resort.

They seized the islands of Providencia and Santa Catalina Island, Colombia.

For purposes of vehicle registration, Catalina Island is divided into two classifications: within Avalon and " Interior " ( areas outside the city limits ).

Because of these restrictions, there is no regular vehicle ferry service for visitors to take their car to Avalon and the rest of Catalina Island.

* The Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce

Point Dume forms the northern end of the Santa Monica Bay, and Point Dume Headlands Park affords a vista of stretching to the Palos Verdes Peninsula and Santa Catalina Island.

** Isla Santa Catalina kingsnake L. " getula " catalinensis ( Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921 )

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In 1630 he established, in conjunction with Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, John Pym, and others from the group of Puritan entrepreneurs, a company for the settlement of the Providence Island colony on what is now Isla de Providencia in the Caribbean Sea, part of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, a department of Colombia.

** Isla Santa Catalina, Gulf of California, Baja California Sur

* 1952 – Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.

The layout of Jaén is determined by its position in the hills of the Santa Catalina mountains, with steep, narrow streets, in the historical central city district.

Catalina Council is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, has four Districts, and two camps.

It is located in the Santa Catalina mountains outside of Tucson, Arizona.

Casas Adobes is situated south and southwest of the town of Oro Valley, and west of the community of Catalina Foothills.

Catalina is a census-designated place ( CDP ) in Pima County, Arizona, United States.

Catalina is located at ( 32. 491151 ,-110. 907652 ).

Catalina Foothills is a census-designated place ( CDP ) located north of Tucson in Pima County, Arizona, United States.

Catalina Foothills is one of the most affluent communities in Arizona and the U. S., with the 6th highest per capita income in Arizona, and the 14th highest per capita income in the U. S. of communities with a population of at least 50, 000.

Catalina Foothills is located at ( 32. 293990 ,-110. 883872 ).

Catalina Foothills is served by three public school districts:

Catalina Foothills High School is the only high school located in Catalina Foothills proper, and was established in 1992.

The Catalina Foothills area is generally defined as north of River Road, east of Oracle Road, and west of Sabino Creek.

The Catalina Foothills community is bounded to the north by the Santa Catalina Ranger District of the Coronado National Forest.

The Catalina Foothills is also home to La Encantada, the largest upscale shopping center in the Tucson metropolitan area.

The Tanque Verde Valley is characterized by the Santa Catalina Mountains to the north, and the Rincon Mountains to the east.

Catalina Express leaving Long Beach for Avalon, 2008The city is served by several high-speed passenger boats with daily services such as the Catalina Express to the Los Angeles district of San Pedro, and to Long Beach, and Dana Point.

Daily service is also provided by the Catalina Flyer to Newport Beach in Orange County.

Catalina Airport ( FAA Identifier: AVX ), also known as Airport-in-the-Sky, was built in 1946 and is located at ( NAD83 rounded from FAA-provided coordinates ):, northwest of Avalon.

Consolidated Aircraft is well known for the PBY Catalina flying boat and the B-24 Liberator bomber.