Isla Espíritu Santo
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| Waters | Gulf of California | |
| Archipelago | Islas Espíritu Santo | |
| Geographical location | 24 ° 28 ′ N , 110 ° 20 ′ W | |
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| length | 15.1 km | |
| width | 9.6 km | |
| surface | 80.763 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 595 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
The Isla Espíritu Santo is in the Pacific Ocean located uninhabited island , about 32 kilometers north of La Paz , the capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur , located. Administratively, the island belongs to the municipality of La Paz . It is the main island of the eponymous archipelago. It is separated from the Isla Partida in the north , the second largest island in the group , by a sea strait that is only 140 meters wide .
Espíritu Santo is around 80 km² and was bought in January 2003 by the US environmental organization The Nature Conservancy to protect nature. Since November 2006, there has been a marine reserve around the island with a total area of around 49,000 hectares (490 km²). The area is - like the entire Gulf of California - with over 1000 species - extremely rich in flora and fauna. It houses, among other things, a colony of sea lions , five species of sea turtles and serves as a resting place for hammerhead sharks during their migration. The reserve is the first marine reserve in Mexico. With the Espiritu Santo hare ( Lepus insularis ) there is also an endemic mammal on the island , the species status of the also endemic Espiritu Santo antelope pebble ( Ammospermophilus insularis ) is unclear.
Web links
- http://www.nature.org/success/mexicoisland.html - Website of the Nature Conservancy on Espíritu Santo Island
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph R. Mejia: Lepus insularis in the Animal Diversity Web of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
- ^ Richard W. Thorington Jr. , John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele: Squirrels of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2012; Pp. 291-292. ISBN 978-1-4214-0469-1