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7.68/km 2 (19.89/sq mi) The Islas Marías ("Mary Islands") make up an archipelago in Mexico, consisting of four islands. They are located in the Pacific Ocean, some 100 km (62 mi) off the coast of the state of Nayarit and about 370 km (230 mi) southeast of the tip of Baja California. [1] They are part of the municipality ( municipio) of San ...
Islas Marías Federal Prison. / 21.56750°N 106.54444°W / 21.56750; -106.54444. The Islas Marías Federal Penal Colony was a penitentiary establishment of the Federal Government of Mexico, administered through the Federal Secretariat of Public Security. It is located on Isla María Madre, the northernmost and largest island in the ...
Islas Marietas National Park. The famous "love beach" ( Playa del Amor ), also called the "hidden beach" ( Playa Escondida) in the islands. The beach is a popular tourist destination. [1] The Marieta Islands ( Spanish: Islas Marietas) are a group of small uninhabited islands a few miles off the coast of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, located in ...
The Tres Marias raccoon ( Procyon lotor insularis) is a subspecies of the common raccoon endemic on the two main islands of the Islas Marías, an archipelago off the western coast of the Mexican state of Nayarit. [1] Although sometimes considered to be a valid species, the Tres Marias raccoon is now regarded to be a subspecies of the common ...
This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico. As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors. [n ...
Islands in Gulf of California Name State Location Height Area Altamura Island: Sonora: 101.17 km 2 (39.06 sq mi) : Isla Ángel de la Guarda: Baja California: 1,300 m (4,265 ft)
The Tres Marías amazon is 35 to 38 cm (14 to 15 in) long. The sexes are the same. Their upperparts are pale grass green with some darker feather tips and paler uppertail coverts. Their head, neck, throat, and upper breast are bright yellow and their lower breast and belly are bluish green. Their tail is mostly green with yellowish green tips ...
The Islas Marías (or Mary's Island) Biosphere Reserve (established 2010) is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve located in the Islas Marías in the municipality (municipio) of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico. The 641,284.73 hectares (2,476.0142 sq mi) reserve includes ecosystems with a great wealth of species of biological, economic, scientific and cultural ...