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The Gulf of California (Spanish: Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
Satellite view of the Gulf of California, between the Baja California Peninsula (left/west) and mainland northwestern Mexico (right/east). The Gulf of California — a gulf of the Pacific Ocean, part of the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Also known as the Sea of Cortez, Sea of Cortés, Vermilion Sea, Mar de Cortés, Mar Bermejo, and Golfo de California.
San Pedro Mártir is located in the center of the Gulf of California and is the most remote island in the Sea of Cortez. It is located 51 km from Baja California and 53 km off the coast of Sonora. The island is 2 km long and 1.5 km maximum width, with a total of 2,729 km 2 of total area (272 hectares).
In 1974, the Mexican government designated portions of the upper Gulf and lower Colorado River Delta as a reserve zone. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated over 12,000 km 2 (3,000,000 acres) of Gulf of California and Colorado River Delta Biosphere Reserve as a Biosphere Nature reserve in
Tiburón Island is the largest island in the Gulf of California and the largest island in Mexico, with an area of 1,201 square kilometres (464 sq mi). [1] It is uninhabited and it was made a nature reserve in 1963 by President Adolfo López Mateos. [2] [3] [full citation needed]
Coronado Island and the Gulf of California, Mexico. Isla Coronado, occasionally referred to as “Smith Island”, is just off the eastern shoreline of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula near Bahía de los Ángeles in the Gulf of California. The island is approximately 7 kilometers long and it is dominated by a volcano on its northern end.
Google says Gulf of Mexico will change to Gulf of America in Maps app: Here's how "For geographic features in the U.S., this is when Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is updated," the ...
The rich waters of the Gulf of California is home to over 800 species of fish and 2,000 species of invertebrates. [4] The islands may seem barren due to the lack of fresh water and arid conditions allowing only a few desert shrubs and cactus. The marine flora consists of several varieties of algae.