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San Ignacio Lagoon (Laguna San Ignacio) is a lagoon located in Mulegé Municipality of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur, 59 kilometers (37 mi) from San Ignacio, Mexico, and Highway 1. It is one of the winter sanctuaries of the eastern Pacific gray whale ( Eschrichtius robustus ).
Laguna Ojo de Liebre, Mexico.Rectangle at lower right is evaporation pond for salt plant. Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) at Laguna Ojo de Liebre. Ojo de Liebre Lagoon (also known as Scammon's Lagoon [2]), translated into English as "hare eye lagoon", is a coastal lagoon located in Mulegé Municipality near the town of Guerrero Negro in the northwestern Baja California Sur state of Mexico.
In 2010, the Port of Ensenada handled 3,593,000 t (3,540,000 long tons; 3,960,000 short tons) of cargo and 156 cruise ship calls—the latter figure down from a peak of 293 three years earlier. [2] In 2011, it was Mexico 's second-busiest port and the second-most-visited port-of-call for major cruise lines and pleasure boats.
Rare Encounter With Gray Whale in Baja Leaves Tourists Stunned. Natalie Hoage. June 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM. Shutterstock/freisein. ... We all know gray whales are huge - they can grow up to 49 ...
The whale and calf swam near the boats about 45 minutes. Staff said it was the first such event in the 25 years they have been watching whales. Stunned whale-watchers witness birth of gray whale ...
The bay serves as a temporary resting stop for the migrating gray whale, who occasionally give birth offshore, though it is much more common for birthing to occur in the lagoons of the west coast of Baja California. [1] [2]
“It moved me to my core,” the boat’s captain said. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
"Man of War Cove", Magdalena Bay, March 1908. As early as 1837 American whaleships visited the bay to cooper their oil and hunt sperm whales outside the bay. Between 1845–46 and 1865–66, American, as well as a few French, Dutch, and Russian, whaleships hunted gray whales in the bay during their winter calving season.