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Cedros Island (Isla de Cedros, "island of cedars" in Spanish) is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the state of Baja California, Mexico. The dry and rocky island had a population of 1,350 in 2005 and has an area of 348 square kilometres (134 sq mi) which includes the area of several small nearby islands.
Cedros is a coastal area that lies on a peninsula at the South-Western end of the island of Trinidad. Named by Spanish sailors due to the once heavy presence of cedar trees, it is located at the tip of the peninsula which lies mere miles off the coast of Venezuela and is the most southern point in the Caribbean .
Baja California annotated Space Shuttle photo of Cedros Island, with Islas San Benito in the upper left. The Islas San Benito lie in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, 25 km west of Cedros Island. They are part of the Cedros Island delegación, a subdivision of Ensenada (municipality), Baja California.
Just 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta, visitors will relish the abundant natural beauty and primo Mexican hospitality at places like the Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, a five-star oceanfront ...
Oxyjulis californica is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean along the coasts of California and Baja California.Its distribution extends from Salt Point in Sonoma County, California, to southern central Baja California, [1] [2] near Cedros Island. [3]
Although Cedros was considered a "breadbasket" of the region, it had an important place in the economy of the island for the abundance of the Azorean cedar (cedros-do-mato) because its lumber was used in the construction of ships for fishing, for the early homes and the implements used in agriculture. The fibers of the cedars were usually dried ...
Cedros Island (Isla de Cedros) — off the coast in the Municipality of Ensenada, state of Baja California, México. The largest Mexican island in the Pacific Ocean, ...
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