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1539: Domingo del Castillo a cartographer in the Francisco de Ulloa expedition draw his map with an accurate rendering of the peninsula. [ 7 ] 1578 or 1579: The San Juanillo was the Manila galleon which wrecked on a beach at Baja California in late 1578 or early 1579 became the first shipwreck on the coast of the Californias.
Picacho del Diablo ('Devil's Peak') is the highest peak on the Baja California peninsula, measuring 3,096 metres (10,157 ft). It is alternately called Cerro de la Encantada , meaning 'Hill of the Enchanted' [ 2 ] or 'Hill of the Bewitched'.
Todos Santos (Spanish: [ˈtoðos ˈsantos] ⓘ; "All Saints") is a small coastal town in the foothills of Mexico's Sierra de la Laguna Mountains, on the Pacific coast side of the Baja California Peninsula, about an hour's drive north of Cabo San Lucas on Highway 19 and an hour's drive southwest from La Paz.
The Coronado Islands are under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Tijuana, Baja California, as ruled in the books of the Baja Californian Government, published on December 20, 1959. [1] Today, the only inhabitants of the island are Mexican Navy personnel and a lighthouse keeper on South Island. As the islands are a natural protected area ...
The Sierra de la Laguna is a mountain range at the southern end of the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, and is the southernmost range of the Peninsular Ranges System. A map of the Sierra de la Laguna. It is located in La Paz Municipality and Los Cabos Municipality of southern Baja California Sur state.
Loreto is a city and municipal seat of Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, on the West Coast of Mexico. Located on the Gulf of California, the city had a population of 16,311 inhabitants in 2020. [1] Loreto is a regional economic and cultural center, as well as a major tourist destination on the Baja California Peninsula.
Baja California, [a] [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, [c] is a state in Mexico.It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. . Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California (Territorio Norte de Baja Californ
[6] [7] The Baja California peninsula, the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez), and the states of California, Baja California and Baja California Sur, bear the name today. From 10 January 1854, to 8 May 1854, La Paz served as the capital of William Walker's Republic of Sonora. The project collapsed due to lack of US support and ...