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4,567,467 (2020) The Baja California peninsula ( Spanish: Península de Baja California, lit. 'Lower California peninsula') is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. It separates the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south.
Baja California[ note 1] ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaxa kaliˈfoɾnja] ⓘ; 'Lower California'), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (English: Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the ...
The arch of Cabo San Lucas is a distinctive granitic rock formation at the southern tip of Cabo San Lucas, which is itself the extreme southern end of Mexico 's Baja California Peninsula. [ 1] The arch is locally known as "El Arco," which means "the arch" in Spanish, or "Land's End." [ 2] It is here that the Pacific Ocean becomes the Gulf of ...
San Felipe, Baja California. / 31.02750°N 114.83528°W / 31.02750; -114.83528. San Felipe ( Kiliwa: Juwiy mja') [ 2] is a coastal city in San Felipe Municipality, Baja California, located on the Gulf of California. [ 3] The population of San Felipe was reported as 17,143 inhabitants in the 2020 Mexican Census. [ 1]
The Portolá expedition was a Spanish voyage of exploration in 1769–1770 that was the first recorded European exploration of the interior of the present-day California. It was led by Gaspar de Portolá, governor of Las Californias, the Spanish colonial province that included California, Baja California, and other parts of present-day Mexico ...
ca. 1548. Extremadura, Crown of Castile. Died. 1624 (aged 75–76) Mexico City, New Spain. Nationality. Spanish. Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548–1624) was a Spanish soldier, entrepreneur, explorer, and diplomat whose varied roles took him to New Spain, the Baja California peninsula, the California coast and Asia .
The Baja California desert (Spanish: desierto de Baja California) is a desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. [2] This ecoregion occupies the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, and occupies most of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and Baja California. It covers 77,700 square kilometers (30,000 square miles).
E. 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake. 1940 El Centro earthquake. 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake. 2010 Baja California earthquake.