San Esteban Island (Spanish: Isla San Esteban, Seri: Coftéecöl[koɸˈtɛːkʷɬ] and sometimes Hast[ʔast])[1] is a small island in the Gulf of California, Mexico, located to the southwest of Tiburón Island. It is part of the Municipality of Hermosillo in Sonora and has a land area of 39.773km2 (15.356 sq mi), the 15th-largest island in Mexico. It is located in the Gulf of California. It was once inhabited by a group of the Seri people.[2]
Island in Sonora, Mexico
This article is about the island in Mexico. For the island in Chile, see San Javier Island.
Satellite photo showing islands in the Gulf of California, with San Esteban Island just right (east) of center
San Esteban Island is home to many types of rare animal species found on only a few of the islands, such as the San Esteban chuckwalla (Sauromalus varius), the spiny chuckwalla (S. hispidus) and the spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa).[3]
References
Mary B. Moser and Stephen A. Marlett, compilers (2005) Comcáac quih yaza quih hant ihíip hac: Diccionario seri-español-inglés Hermosillo, Sonora and Mexico City: Universidad de Sonora and Plaza y Valdés Editores.
Bowen, Thomas (2001). Unknown Island: Seri Indians, Europeans, and San Esteban Island in the Gulf of California. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Villalpando C., María Elisa (1989). Los que viven en las montañas: Correlación arqueológico-etnográfica en Isla San Esteban, Sonora, México. Hermosillo, Sonora: Centro Regional Sonora, INAH. (in Spanish).
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