Geography
Guadalupe has a rugged landscape. It consists of two ancient overlapping shield volcanoes, of which the northern and higher volcano is the younger. The island measures 35 km north-south and up to 9.5 km east-west, with a total area of 243.988 km2 (94.204 sq mi). It features a chain of high volcanic mountain ridges which rises to a height of 1,298 meters (4,257 ft) at its northern end (Mount Augusta). Its smaller counterpart on the southern end is the 975 m (3,199 ft) El Picacho. The southern part of the island is barren, but there are fertile valleys and trees in the northern part. The coast generally consists of rocky bluffs with detached rocks fronting some of them. Two high and prominent islets are within 3 km of the southwestern end of the island, separated from one another by a gap called Tuna Alley:
- Islote Afuera (Outer Islet, also Islote Zapato), 28°51′53″N 118°17′41″W / 28.86472°N 118.29472°W / 28.86472; -118.29472, 0.015 km2, the most distant, steep with almost vertical walls above and below water
- Islote Adentro (Inner Islet, also El Toro), 28°52′18″N 118°17′34″W / 28.87167°N 118.29278°W / 28.87167; -118.29278, 0.393 km2, with two smaller islets nearby:
- Church Rock
- Roca del Skip
Elsewhere, the other islets are very small and close to the shore, all less than one kilometer away:
- Islote Negro, 28°54′23″N 118°17′18″W / 28.90639°N 118.28833°W / 28.90639; -118.28833, 0.088 km2, to the southwest
- Roca Hundida, 28°55′00″N 118°18′00″W / 28.9166667°N 118.3°W / 28.9166667; -118.3, 0.003 km2, to the southwest
- Islote Bernal, 28°56′04″N 118°17′53″W / 28.93444°N 118.29806°W / 28.93444; -118.29806, 0.011 km2, to the southwest
- unnamed islet, 28°56′49″N 118°17′42″W / 28.94694°N 118.295°W / 28.94694; -118.295, 0.005 km2, 2 km north of Islote Bernal
- unnamed islet, 28°56′59″N 118°17′48″W / 28.94972°N 118.29667°W / 28.94972; -118.29667, 0.002 km2, 4 km north of Islote Bernal
- Steamboat Rock, 0.003 km2, to the west
- Roca Elefante, 0.001 km2, to the northwest (the westernmost)
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