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Places


Africa

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Fort of Santa Cruz (Oran) Santa Cruz Fort is one of the three forts in Oran, the second largest port city of Algeria; the other two forts are Fort de la Moune at the western end of the port and Fort Saint-Philippe, a replacement of the old castle of the Saints known in Spa ...
, a fort in Oran port city in Algeria * Santa Cruz, Cape Verde, a municipality on the eastern part of the island of Santiago *Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué, the 16th-century name of
Agadir Agadir (, ; ) is a major List of cities in Morocco, city in Morocco, on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean near the foot of the Atlas Mountains, just north of the point where the Sous River, Souss River flows into the ocean, and south of Casabla ...
, Morocco * Santa Cruz (Santiago), a town on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde * Santa Cruz, São Tomé and Príncipe, on São Tomé Island


Asia and Oceania

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Santa Cruz Islands The Santa Cruz Islands form an archipelago in Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. They lie approximately to the southeast of the Solomon Islands (archipelago), Solomon Islands archipelago, just north of the archipelago of Vanuatu and are con ...
, Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean


India

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RAF Santa Cruz Royal Air Force Santa Cruz or more simply Santa Cruz is a former Royal Air Force station in Bombay (now called Mumbai), then British India which saw extensive use in the Second World War. History The Airfield was constructed in the 1930s wh ...
, a former Royal Air Force airfield, Mumbai * Santacruz, Mumbai, Maharashtra *Santacruz Airport, the domestic terminal of
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is the international airport serving Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the second-busiest airport in India in terms of total and international passenger traffic a ...
* Santacruz metro station, Mumbai * Santacruz railway station, railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway * Santa Cruz, Goa, a suburb of the state capital of Panjim


Philippines

* Santa Cruz, Camarines Norte (disambiguation) **Santa Cruz, a barangay in Jose Panganiban **Santa Cruz, a barangay in Labo **Santa Cruz, a barangay in Talisay * Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, a municipality in Metropolitan Davao *
Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur Santa Cruz (, officially the Municipality of Santa Cruz (; ), is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,366 people. Etymology The place now known as Santa Cruz was the ...
, a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur * Santa Cruz, Laguna, a municipality and the capital of Laguna *
Santa Cruz, Manila Santa Cruz is a district in the northern part of the Manila, City of Manila, Philippines, located on the right bank of the Pasig River near its mouth. It is bordered by the districts of Tondo, Manila, Tondo, Binondo, Manila, Binondo, Quiapo, Ma ...
, a district in the north part of the city * Santa Cruz, Marinduque, a municipality in the province of Marinduque * Santa Cruz, Occidental Mindoro, a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro *
Santa Cruz, Quezon City Santa Cruz often abbreviated as Sta. Cruz is a barangay located in the San Francisco del Monte, San Francisco Del Monte district of Quezon City with an approximate land area of 44 hectares bounded by South and West Triangles in the East, Quezon Av ...
, a village in the San Francisco Del Monte district of Quezon City * Santa Cruz, San Jose, Camarines Sur, a barangay * Santa Cruz, San Jose, Dinagat Islands, a barangay * Santa Cruz, Tubajon, Dinagat Islands, a barangay * Santa Cruz, Zambales, a municipality in the province of Zambales *Santa Cruz, a barangay in the municipality of
Anda, Bohol Anda, officially the Municipality of Anda (; ), is a Municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,778 people. In 2006, the Lis ...
*Santa Cruz, a barangay in the municipality of
Cagayancillo Cagayancillo, officially the Municipality of Cagayancillo (), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 6,884 people. Located between the islands of Palawan and Negros in th ...
, Palawan *Santa Cruz, a barangay in
Cebu City Cebu City, officially the City of Cebu, is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 964,169 people, making ...
*Santa Cruz, a barangay in
Pasig Pasig, officially the City of Pasig (), is a highly-urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people. It is located along the eastern border of Metro Mani ...
* Santa Cruz Poblacion, a barangay in Calabanga, Camarines Sur


Europe


Portugal

* Santa Cruz (Almodôvar), civil parish in the municipality of Almodôvar * Santa Cruz (Coimbra), civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra * Santa Cruz, Madeira, municipality on the island of Madeira * Santa Cruz (Praia da Vitória), a civil parish on Terceira Island, Azores *, civil parish in Armamar *, former civil parish in Santiago do Cacém * Santa Cruz (Torres Vedras), village and beach resort in the parish of Silveira *, civil parish in the municipality of Vinhais


=Azores

= * Santa Cruz (Lagoa), civil parish in the municipality of Lagoa * Santa Cruz das Flores, municipality on the island of Flores ** Santa Cruz das Flores (parish), civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz das Flores * Santa Cruz da Graciosa, municipality on the island of Graciosa ** Santa Cruz da Graciosa (parish), civil parish in the municipality of Santa Cruz da Graciosa


Spain


=Municipalities

= * Santa Cruz de Bezana, municipality in Cantabria * Santa Cruz de Boedo, municipality in Palencia * Santa Cruz de Grío, municipality in Zaragoza * Santa Cruz de Moncayo, municipality in Zaragoza * Santa Cruz de Mudela, municipality in Ciudad Real * Santa Cruz de Nogueras, municipality in Teruel * Santa Cruz de la Salceda, municipality in Burgos * Santa Cruz de la Serós, municipality in Huesca * Santa Cruz de los Cáñamos, municipality in Ciudad Real * Santa Cruz de La Palma, municipality in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands


=Other places in Spain

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Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, also Province of Santa Cruz (), is a province of Spain, consisting of the western part of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands. It consists of about half of the Atlantic archipelago: the islands o ...
, containing the islands of Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro, and La Palma *Santa Cruz, an urban area in Oleiros, Galicia * Santa Cruz (Mieres), a parish in Mieres, Asturias * Santa Cruz, Seville, city district * Castillo de Santa Cruz, castle on the Isla de Santa Cruz in A Coruña, Galicia *
Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife (; locally ), commonly abbreviated as Santa Cruz, is a city, the capital of the island of Tenerife, Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and one of the capitals of the Canary Islands, along with Las Palmas. Santa Cruz has a ...
, capital of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and joint capital of the Canary Islands *Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos, basilica and monument in the Sierra de Guadarrama, near Madrid


North and Central America

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Santa Cruz (canton), Costa Rica Santa Cruz is a Cantons of Costa Rica, canton in the Guanacaste Province, Guanacaste province of Costa Rica. The head city is in Santa Cruz District, Santa Cruz, Guanacaste, Santa Cruz district. History Santa Cruz was created on 7 December 1848 ...
, in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica * Santa Cruz del Quiché, city in Guatemala * Santa Cruz, Lempira, a municipality in the department of Lempira, Honduras * Santa Cruz de Yojoa, municipality in Honduras * Santa Cruz, Jamaica, town in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica *
Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago Santa Cruz is a town in Trinidad and Tobago. It extends across the Santa Cruz Valley, between Maraval and San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago, San Juan, along the Saddle Road. It lies between the hills of the Northern Range, a mountain range. Formerly ...
, town in the Santa Cruz Valley, Trinidad and Tobago


Belize

* Santa Cruz, Orange Walk, a municipality in Belize * Santa Cruz, Stann Creek, municipality * Santa Cruz, Toledo, village in Toledo District


Canada

* Santa Cruz, Ontario, an underwater ghost town


Cuba

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Santa Cruz del Norte Santa Cruz del Norte is a town and municipality in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba. Before 2011 it was part of La Habana Province. It is located on the north shore, between the cities of Havana and Matanzas, at the mouth of the Santa Cruz River. ...
, town and municipality in the Mayabeque Province * Santa Cruz del Sur, town and municipality in the Camagüey Province


Dominican Republic

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Santa Cruz de Barahona Barahona, also known as Santa Cruz de Barahona, is the main city of the Barahona Province, in the southwest of the Dominican Republic. It has one of the most active ports in the region, as well as many ecotourism attractions. The city is a centre ...
, city in the Barahona Province * Santa Cruz de El Seibo, city in the El Seibo Province * Santa Cruz de Mao, municipality in the Valverde province


Dutch Caribbean

* Santa Cruz, Aruba, town in central Aruba * Playa Santa Cruz, beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao


Mexico


=State of Oaxaca

= * Santa Cruz Acatepec, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Amilpas, town and municipality * Santa Cruz de Bravo, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Itundujia, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Mixtepec, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Nundaco, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Papalutla, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Tacache de Mina, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Tacahua, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Tayata, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Xitla, town and municipality *
Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán is a small city and municipality located 5 km from the state capital of Oaxaca in the south of Mexico. It is part of the Centro District in the Valles Centrales region. The name comes from the Nahuatl word “xocotl ...
, town and municipality * Santa Cruz Zenzontepec, town and municipality


=Other Mexican states

= * Santa Cruz Atizapán, town and municipality in Mexico State * Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, city and municipality in Guanajuato * Santa Cruz del Rincón, municipality in Guerrero * Santa Cruz Municipality, Sonora ** Santa Cruz, Sonora, town in Santa Cruz Municipality


Nicaragua

* Santa Cruz, Rivas, village on the island of Ometepe in Lake Nicaragua * Santa Cruz, Rio San Juan, village in El Castillo, Nicaragua


Panama

* Santa Cruz, Renacimiento, corregimiento in Renacimiento District, Chiriquí Province * Santa Cruz, San Félix, corregimiento in San Félix District, Chiriquí Province


Puerto Rico

* Santa Cruz, Carolina, Puerto Rico, a ''barrio''


United States

* Santa Cruz, Arizona, a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinal County * Santa Cruz, Pima County, Arizona, a populated place situated in Pima County *
Santa Cruz County, Arizona Santa Cruz is a County (United States), county in southern Arizona, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population is 47,669. The county seat is Nogales, Arizona, Nogales. The county was established in 1899. It ...
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Santa Cruz River (Arizona) The Santa Cruz River ( "Christian cross, Holy Cross River") is a left tributary of the Gila River in Southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. It is approximately long. Course The Santa Cruz has its headwaters in the high intermontane gra ...
, river in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico *
Santa Cruz County, California Santa Cruz County (), officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the Sa ...
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Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz (Spanish language, Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, California, Santa Cruz County, in Northern California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population ...
, county seat and city in Santa Cruz County *
Santa Cruz Island Santa Cruz Island (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Isla Santa Cruz'', Chumashan languages, Chumash: ''Limuw'') is located off the southwestern coast of Ventura, California, United States. It is the largest island in California and largest of the ei ...
, Santa Barbara County, California *Santa Cruz (Mariposa County), the former name of Indian Gulch, California * Santa Cruz, New Mexico * Santa Cruz, Texas, a former census-designated place in Starr County * Santa Cruz, Starr County, Texas, a census-designated place in Starr County *Santa Cruz, the Spanish name for
Saint Croix Saint Croix ( ; ; ; ; Danish language, Danish and ; ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands, district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an Unin ...
, United States Virgin Islands


South America

* Santa Cruz, Chile, city and commune in the O'Higgins Region * Santa Cruz, Aragua, city and part of the metropolitan area of Maracay, Venezuela


Argentina

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Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Santa Cruz Province (, , "Holy Cross") is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia. It borders Chubut Province to the north, and Chile to the west and south, with the Atlantic Ocean ...
, in Patagonia ** Puerto Santa Cruz, town and municipality in Santa Cruz province * Santa Cruz, Catamarca, village and municipality * Santa Cruz, La Rioja, village and municipality * Santa Cruz River (Argentina), in Santa Cruz province


Bolivia

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Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia) Santa Cruz () is the largest of the Departments of Bolivia, nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of , it is slightly smaller than Japan or the United States, US st ...
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Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; ), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), Pirai River in the eastern Tropical ...
, capital city of Santa Cruz Department


Brazil


=Municipalities

= * Santa Cruz, Paraíba * Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte * Santa Cruz do Arari, Pará * Santa Cruz Cabrália, Bahia * Santa Cruz da Conceição, São Paulo * Santa Cruz do Escalvado, Minas Gerais * Santa Cruz da Esperança, São Paulo * Santa Cruz de Goiás * Santa Cruz dos Milagres, Piauí * Santa Cruz de Minas, Minas Gerais * Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, São Paulo * Santa Cruz do Piauí, Piauí * Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo * Santa Cruz de Salinas, Minas Gerais * Santa Cruz da Vitória, Bahia


=Cities

= * Santa Cruz, Pernambuco, city in the state of Pernambuco * Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde, city in the state of Pernambuco * Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, city in the state of Pernambuco * Santa Cruz do Sul, city in Rio Grande do Sul


=Other places in Brazil

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Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro Santa Cruz ('Holy Cross') is an extensive and populous neighborhood of the high class, lower middle and low in the Rio de Janeiro#West Zone, West Zone of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the farthest from the Centro, Rio de Janeiro, cen ...
, neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro * Santa Cruz (São Paulo Metro), metro station in the Vila Mariana district of São Paulo


Colombia

* Santa Cruz de Lorica, town and municipality in the department of Cordoba * Santa Cruz de Mompox, town and municipality in the Bolívar Department * Santa Cruz del Islote, island in the Caribbean Sea, part of the Archipelago of San Bernardo * Santacruz, Nariño, town and municipality * Santa Cruz (Medellín), commune in the city of
Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...


Ecuador

* Santa Cruz Canton, Ecuador, canton in the province of Galápagos *
Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos) Santa Cruz Island (), also known as Indefatigable Island and by #Names, other names, is the most populous and second-largest List of islands of South America#Ecuador, island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Situated in the middle of the gro ...
, one of the Galápagos Islands


Peru

* Santa Cruz (mountain), mountain in the Cordillera Blanca * Santa Cruz District, Alto Amazonas, district of Alto Amazonas Province * Santa Cruz District, Ancash, district of Huaylas Province * Santa Cruz de Andamarca District, district of Huaral Province * Santa Cruz de Chuca District, district of Santiago de Chuco Province * Santa Cruz de Cocachacra District, district of Huarochirí Province * Santa Cruz de Flores District, district of Cañete Province * Santa Cruz District, Palpa, district of Palpa Province * Santa Cruz District, Santa Cruz, district and capital of Santa Cruz Province * Santa Cruz de Toledo District, district of Contumazá Province * Santa Cruz, Satipo, Peru, a settlement founded by Franciscans in 1673 * Santa Cruz Province, Peru, province in the Cajamarca Region


People

* Santa Cruz (surname), list of notable people bearing this name


Business

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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States. Description ...
, oceanfront amusement park, Santa Cruz, California *
Santa Cruz Bicycles Santa Cruz Bicycles, LLC is an American division of Dutch conglomerate Pon Holdings that manufactures mountain bikes in Santa Cruz, California. They sponsor the Santa Cruz Syndicate, a downhill racing team. The company moved premises from 104 B ...
, American bicycle manufacturer * Santa Cruz Games, video game company * Santa Cruz Guitar Company, American manufacturer of acoustic guitars, Santa Cruz, California *
Santa Cruz Operation The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (usually known as SCO, pronounced either as individual letters or as a word) was an American software company, based in Santa Cruz, California, that was best known for selling three Unix operating system variants ...
, software company * Santa Cruz Skateboards, American brand of skateboards manufactured by
NHS, Inc. NHS, Inc. is an American sports equipment distribution company based in Santa Cruz, California.(May 21–27, 1998."Extreme Success - A hedonist work ethic leads to big bucks for SC entrepreneurial slacker"fro''Metro Santa Cruz'' published by Me ...
*Santa Cruz, sound card manufactured by
Turtle Beach Systems The Turtle Beach Corporation (commonly referred to as Turtle Beach) is an American gaming accessory manufacturer based in San Diego, California. The company has roots dating back to the 1970s where it developed sound cards, MIDI synthesizers, an ...


Military

* Battle of Santa Cruz (disambiguation), list of notable battles bearing this name *
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, fought during 25–27 October 1942, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Santa Cruz or Third Battle of Solomon Sea, in Japan as the Battle of the South Pacific ( ''Minamitaiheiyō kaisen''), was the fourt ...
, late−October, 1942 * Fort of Santa Cruz (Horta), fort in the Azores *
Fort of Santa Cruz (Oran) Santa Cruz Fort is one of the three forts in Oran, the second largest port city of Algeria; the other two forts are Fort de la Moune at the western end of the port and Fort Saint-Philippe, a replacement of the old castle of the Saints known in Spa ...
, fort in Algeria


Music

* Santa Cruz (band), a 2007–2024 Finnish hard rock band *''Santa Cruz'', a 2024 album by Pedro the Lion *" Santa Cruz (You're Not That Far)", a 2002 song by the Thrills


Sports


Football (soccer)


Brazil

* Associação Atlética Santa Cruz, football club in Salinópolis * Futebol Clube Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz do Sol * Santa Cruz Esporte Clube, football club in Barra do Bugres *
Santa Cruz Futebol Clube Santa Cruz Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club based in Recife, Pernambuco, that competes in the Série D, the fourth tier of Brazilian football, and in the Campeonato Pernambucano, the top flight of the Pernambuco stat ...
, football club in Recife * Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (MG), football club in Belo Horizonte * Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (RJ), football club in Rio de Janeiro * Santa Cruz Futebol Clube (RN), football club in Natal * Santa Cruz Recreativo Esporte Clube, football club in Santa Rita * Sport Club Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte


Chile

* Deportes Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz


Bolivia

* Real Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz de la Sierra * Club Blooming Santa Cruz, football club in Santa Cruz de la Sierra


Other sports

* Santa Cruz Syndicate, professional mountain bike racing team *
Santa Cruz Warriors The Santa Cruz Warriors are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Santa Cruz, California, and are affiliated with the Golden State Warriors. The Warriors play their home games at Kaiser Permanente Arena. Prior to ...
, basketball team * UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, sports teams of the University of California, Santa Cruz


Other uses

* Santa Cruz (Martian crater) * Santa Cruz Cartel, Bolivian drug cartel * Santa Cruz II, cruise ship of Ecuador * Santa Cruz massacre, 1991 massacre in Timor-Leste (formerly Indonesia) * Hyundai Santa Cruz, pickup truck introduced in 2021


See also

* Canal de Santa Cruz, a salt water channel in the state of Pernambuco that separates the island of Itamaracá from the South American continent *
Cruz Cruz is mostly a surname but is also used as a first name. It is of Iberian Peninsula, Iberian origin, first found in Castile (historical region), Castile, Spain, and later spread throughout the territories of the former Spanish Empire, Spanish ...
, a surname *
Cruz (disambiguation) Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin. Cruz or La Cruz may also refer to: Places Brazil: * Cruz, Ceará, a municipality in the state of Ceará, * Osvaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Osvaldo Cruz, a municipality and county in the state of São Paulo Chile: * ...
* Holy Cross (disambiguation) (English equivalent) * Sainte-Croix (disambiguation) (French equivalent) * Santa Croce (disambiguation) (Italian equivalent) *''Santa Cruise'', a cruise ship that was previously named '' MS Annie Johnson'' * Santa Cruz Canton (disambiguation) * Santa Cruz District (disambiguation) * Santa Cruz Formation (disambiguation) *
Santa Cruz Mountains The Santa Cruz Mountains ( Mutsun Ohlone: Mak-sah-re-jah, "Sharp Ridged Mountain of the Eagle" or "People of the Eagle Mountain") are a mountain range in central and Northern California, United States, constituting a part of the Pacific Coast R ...
, California * Santa Cruz Province (disambiguation) * St Cross (disambiguation) *
University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of C ...
, public research university {{disambiguation, geo