Santa Rosa Island (Chumash: Wi'ma) is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 53,195 acres (215.27 km2 or 83.118 sq mi). Santa Rosa is located about 26mi off the coast of Santa Barbara, California in Santa Barbara County and is part of Channel Islands National Park. The Chumash, a Native American people lived on the Channel Islands at the time of European contact. The remains of a 13,000-year-old Arlington Springs Man -- the oldest human remains in the Americas, have been discovered here.
