Isla San Diego
| San Diego | ||
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| Waters | Gulf of California | |
| Geographical location | 25 ° 12 ′ 1 ″ N , 110 ° 41 ′ 53 ″ W | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 500 m | |
| surface | 56.3 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Isla San Diego is a small Mexican island in the south of the Gulf of California . Administratively, it belongs to the municipality ( municipio ) Comondú of the State of Baja California Sur and is, apart from the very small island of La Habana , the only island this community in the Gulf of California is.
geography
The arid and uninhabited island is located about 22 km east of Baja California , 9.5 km north of San José Island and 6 km south-southeast of Santa Cruz Island . Isla San Diego is 1.5 km long, up to 500 m wide and covers an area of 56.3 hectares (0.563 km²). From the southwest end of the island there is a reef that is only a few meters below the surface and almost two kilometers long . There is a 9 m high lighthouse on San Diego.
Web links
- A photo of Isla San Diego (with Isla Santa Cruz in the background)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of Comondú ( Memento of the original of September 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) (Retrieved January 19, 2011)
- ↑ Sailing Directions (enroute), Pub. 153 (PDF (2.49 MB); English) (Accessed January 19, 2011)
