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>Map >Satellite White Rock is located some 300 meters (1,000 feet) offshore, about 3 kilometers (2 miles) south of the mouth of the Klamath River. It is the breeding ground for over 200 pairs of Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus. The brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, roosts here during the summer months.
Integrity: Undisturbed.
Use: Research, educational, observational.
Ref: Osborne, T. 0., 1972. Ecology and Avian Use of the Coastal Rocks of Northern California. W.A. Thesis. Humboldt State University, 215 pp.
January 1978
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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