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Santa Barbara Channel

a passage of the sea between San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa islands of the Santa Barbara group, and the coast of California; its width varies from 20 to 30 miles.

SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS 242 a SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS, group of islands off the coast of California, extending about 175 miles. They Th lie opposite Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties, at a distance varying from 20 to 65 miles. They are nine in number, and consist of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, Santa Catalina, San Clemente, San Nicholas, and San Juan.

SANTA CATHARINA (-kä-tä-ree'nä), a maritime state of South Brazil, bordering on the Atlantic; area, 28,124 square miles; surface, mountainous, except along the coast, which is low; soil, generally fertile; climate, mild and healthy; productions, rice, manioc, millet, sugar, coffee, and cochineal. Chief towns: Desterro (capital, on Santa Catarina Island), São Francisco, and Laguna. Pop. about 441,300. A fortified island of Brazil, off the coast of the above state, 30 miles long, and 8 broad. Surface, mountainous and well watered.

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