Guadalupe Island, or Isla Guadalupe (29°02′06″N 118°16′37″W / 29.035°N 118.27694°W / 29.035; -118.27694Coordinates: 29°02′06″N 118°16′37″W / 29.035°N 118.27694°W / 29.035; -118.27694) is a volcanic island located 241 kilometers (150 statute miles) off the west coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and some 400 kilometers (250 statute miles) southwest of the city of Ensenada in Baja California state, in the Pacific Ocean. The two other Mexican island groups in the Pacific Ocean that are not on the continental shelf are Revillagigedo Islands and Rocas Alijos.
Read more about Guadalupe Island: Administration and Population, Geography, Geology, Ecology
Famous quotes containing the word island:
“We approached the Indian Island through the narrow strait called “Cook.” He said, “I ‘xpect we take in some water there, river so high,—never see it so high at this season. Very rough water there, but short; swamp steamboat once. Don’t paddle till I tell you, then you paddle right along.” It was a very short rapid. When we were in the midst of it he shouted “paddle,” and we shot through without taking in a drop.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)