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Guadalupe Island (Spanish: Isla Guadalupe) is a volcanic island located 241 kilometres (130 nautical miles) off the western coast of Mexico 's Baja California Peninsula and about 400 km (200 nmi) southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean. [1] The various volcanoes are extinct or dormant.
Guadeloupe is an archipelago of more than 12 islands, as well as islets and rocks situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. [4] It is located in the Leeward Islands in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, a partly volcanic island arc.
The Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, ( Reserva de la Biosfera Isla Guadalupe in Spanish ), is located in the Pacific Ocean and is part of Baja California state of Mexico. The Reserve consists of Guadalupe Island and several small islands nearby plus a large expanse of surrounding ocean. The Reserve was created by the government of Mexico on ...
Îles des Saintes. The Îles des Saintes ( pronounced [il de sɛ̃t]; lit. 'Islands of the (Female) Saints' ), also known as Les Saintes ( Antillean Creole: Lésent, pronounced [lesɛ̃t] ), is a group of small islands in the archipelago of Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France. It is part of the Canton of Trois-Rivières and is divided ...
Geography of Guadeloupe. Guadeloupe is an archipelago of more than 12 islands, as well as islets and rocks situated where the northeastern Caribbean Sea meets the western Atlantic Ocean. [1] It is located in the Leeward Islands in the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, a partly volcanic island arc. To the north lie Antigua and Barbuda and ...
La Grande Soufrière ( French pronunciation: [la ɡʁɑ̃d sufʁijɛʁ]; English: "big sulfur outlet" ), or simply Soufrière ( Antillean Creole: Soufwiyè ), is an active stratovolcano on the French island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. It is the highest mountain peak in the Lesser Antilles, rising 1,467 m high.
The Revillagigedo Islands are one of three Mexican island groups in the Pacific Ocean that are not on the continental shelf; the others are Guadalupe Island and Rocas Alijos. History Sixteenth to nineteenth century Location of Socorro Island and the rest of the Revillagigedo Archipelago, and extent of Mexico's western EEZ in the Pacific
Guadalupe Mountains National Park probably isn’t on your bucket list.. With fewer than 220,000 visitors last year, it’s among America’s least-visited national parks, but it’s not for lack ...