What are some statistics for Catalina Island?
Catalina Island is 21 miles long and 8 miles wide at the widest point, and about _ mile wide at the Isthmus. Its perimeter of 54 miles encompasses approximately 47,884 acres or about 76 square miles. The highest point on the Island is Mt. Orizaba at 2,097 feet. It is 26 miles from Avalon to San Pedro and 21 miles from Arrow Point on Catalina to Point Vicente on the mainland. The Catalina Channel is about 3 miles deep.