San Nicolas Island
General Information
San Nicolas is a mountainless island with shifting sand dunes. It is the outermost of the channel islands and is approximately 60 miles west of Los Angeles. San Nicolas is 22 square miles with its highest peak being 907 feet. Northern elephant seals were first seen on San Nicolas in 1949 with breeding first occuring in the early 1950's. With 48 pups counted during a census in 1949, the population grew to 4,082 pups counted in 1991 (Le Beouf et al. Chapter 2).
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