San Esteban (island)

San Esteban
	Gulf of California island map
Waters	Gulf of California
Geographical location	28 ° 42 ′ 6 ″ N , 112 ° 34 ′ 29 ″ W Coordinates: 28 ° 42 ′ 6 ″ N , 112 ° 34 ′ 29 ″ W
length	7.4 km
width	7 km
surface	39.773 km²
Highest elevation	540 m
Residents	uninhabited

The Isla San Esteban , also Isla Turón called, is a Mexican island in the Gulf of California between Tiburón Island and the archipelago of San Lorenzo .

Giant spiky chuck walla on San Esteban

San Esteban belongs to the municipality of Hermosillo in the state of Sonora and is 39.773 km² in size. The island was formerly inhabited by a group of the Seri . In their Seri language it is called Coftéecöl / koɸˈtɛːkʷɬ / .

There are some endemic species on San Esteban such as the San Esteban chuckwalla ( Sauromalus varius ), the spiny giant chuckwalla ( Sauromalus hispidus ) and the San Esteban black iguana ( Ctenosaura conspicuosa ).

Since 2005, the island has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with 243 others in the Gulf of California .

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Unknown island: Seri Indians, Europeans, and San Esteban Island in the Gulf of California, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Mary B. Moser, Stephen A. Marlett, ed .: Comcáac quih yaza quih hant ihíip hac: Diccionario seri-español-inglés, http://lengamer.org/admin/language_folders/seri/user_uploaded_files/links/File/DiccionarioSeri2005. pdf , Universidad de Sonora y Plaza y Valdés Editores, Hermosillo, Sonora