- For the Portuguese island, see São Miguel Island.
San Miguel Island is the westernmost of California's
Channel Islands, located across the
Santa Barbara Channel in the
Pacific Ocean, within
Santa Barbara County,
California. San Miguel is the sixth-largest of the eight Channel Islands at 9,325 acres (37.74 km
2 or 14.57 sq mi), including offshore islands and rocks. Prince Island, off the northeastern coast, measures in area. The island, at its farthest extent, is long and wide.