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Most of the islands are found on the west side of the gulf. In fact, many of the islands of the gulf are the result of volcanic eruptions that occurred during the early history of Baja California. The islands of Islas Marías, Islas San Francisco, and Isla Partida are thought to be the result of such eruptions. The formations of the islands ...
Baja California was mistakenly thought to be an island rather than a peninsula. The Californias region, which comprises California and the Baja California Peninsula, includes many coastal islands in the Pacific Ocean. California is in the United States; and the Baja California Peninsula includes the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and ...
Islands of the Gulf of California — Pacific islands in the Gulf of California of northwestern Mexico. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories ...
Map of California, c. 1650, by Johannes Vingboons; restored. The compass rose in the center of the map marks the approximate location of the modern Mexico–United States border, south of San Diego. The "Island of California", on a 1650 map by Nicolas Sanson A satellite view of the Baja California peninsula and the Gulf of California
Islands in Gulf of California Name State Location Height Area Altamura Island: Sonora: 101.17 km 2 (39.06 sq mi) : Isla Ángel de la Guarda: Baja California: 1,300 m (4,265 ft)
The largest town on the shore of the gulf is San Diego. The islands in the gulf include Santa Catalina Island. The gulf covers an area of more than 100 sq mi (260 km 2) and borders the east coast of Catalina and the beaches of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties. The gulf is located in a seismically active area. [1]
Isla Tortuga (Tortuga Island) is an island in the Gulf of California, created relatively recently in geologic terms by the volcanism associated with the East Pacific Rise. It lies east-northeast of the city of Santa Rosalía, in Mulegé Municipality. It has a surface area of 11.374 km 2 (4.39 sq mi). [1]
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]