Maria Cleofas
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| Waters | East pacific | |
| Archipelago | Islas Marías | |
| Geographical location | 21 ° 18 '44 " N , 106 ° 14' 51" W | |
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| length | 6.4 km | |
| width | 5.9 km | |
| surface | 19.82 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 402 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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María Cleofas ( Spanish Isla María Cleofas ) is the third 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 . The island is named after Maria Kleophae , a disciple of Jesus .
geography
About 70 km off the west coast of Mexico and 12 km southeast of Isla María Magdalena , María Cleofas is the southernmost island of the archipelago, only the Roca Blanca and an unnamed rock are to the south. It is 6.4 km long, up to 5.9 km wide and has an area of 19.82 km². The uninhabited island reaches a height of 402 m .
Animal world (fauna)
The Tres Marías deer vole ( Peromyscus madrensis ), which is endemic to the Islas Marías, occurs frequently, in contrast to the other islands, because María Cleofas is free from domestic rats .
Web links
- Short portrait on Oceandots ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Find Isla María Cleofas. In: inegi.org.mx. INEGI ( orthophotos )
Individual evidence
- ↑ The name of the half-sister of the mother of Jesus Mary according to the Legenda aurea , see Richard Perry Bedford : St. James the Less. A study in Christian iconography (= Second publication of the Gryphon club ). Bernard Quaritch, London 1911, OCLC 14184858 , p. 40 (English; PDF; 5.2 MB ).
- ^ Website ( Memento of August 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (Spanish; page navigation no longer possible).