Isla María Magdalena

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Maria Magdalena
NASA image of María Magdalena
NASA image of María Magdalena
Waters East pacific
Archipelago Islas Marías
Geographical location 21 ° 28 ′  N , 106 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 21 ° 28 ′  N , 106 ° 26 ′  W
Isla María Magdalena (Mexico)
Isla María Magdalena
length 14.2 km
width 7.3 km
surface 70.44 km²
Highest elevation 457  m
Residents uninhabited
Map of the Islas Marías
Map of the Islas Marías

The Isla María Magdalena is the second largest island of the Mexican Islas Marías in the eastern Pacific Ocean . Administratively it belongs to the municipality of San Blas in the state of Nayarit . It is named after Maria Magdalena , a disciple of Jesus Christ .

geography

María Magdalena is located about 70 km off the west coast of Mexico in the center of the Islas Marías. 4 km north of her is María Madre , the largest island in the archipelago, 12 km southeast of her María Cleofas , the third of the three islands whose name begins with "María". María Magdalena is about 14 km long in east-west direction, up to 7.3 km wide in north-south direction and has an area of ​​70.44 km². The uninhabited island reaches a height of 457 m above sea level.

Animal world (fauna)

María Magdalena is one of the two islands on which the Tres Marias raccoon ( Procyon lotor insularis ), a subspecies of the raccoon , is found , which is endemic to the Islas Marías . The also endemic Tres Marias deer mouse ( Peromyscus madrensis ) was no longer seen on María Magdalena and was presumably displaced by introduced rats .

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