I chose Catalina Island off the California coast to study this week. I am interested in the island because I took annual trips there with my cross country team to run during the summer. Since we ran the Catalina hills I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the elevation of the island. It is a small area and can be explore in a day. From Northwest to Southeast corner, Catalina extends .0347968 decimal degrees. My digital elevation model used the 1983 North American Datum; because the the island is part of the Los Angeles county it resides in zone 11. The island has a relatively mild slope but my map shows the definition of the hills. The coast line is particularly steep most likely due to erosion of the island.
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