Isla María Magdalena
Maria Magdalena | ||
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NASA image of María Magdalena | ||
Waters | East pacific | |
Archipelago | Islas Marías | |
Geographical location | 21 ° 28 ′ N , 106 ° 26 ′ W | |
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length | 14.2 km | |
width | 7.3 km | |
surface | 70.44 km² | |
Highest elevation | 457 m | |
Residents | uninhabited | |
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 .
Web links
- Short portrait on Oceandots ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )