AssetID: 117040859 / Edwin Beckenbach / Channel Islands National Park, Southern California Coast. The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America. Five of the islands are part of the Channel Islands National Park . Description above from the Wikipedia article Channel Islands of California, licensed under CC-BY-SA full list of contributors here. This page is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, anyone associated with the topic.