Isla Tortuga (Tortuga Island) is an island in the Gulf of California, created relatively recently in geologic terms by the volcanism associated with the East Pacific Rise. It lies east-northeast of the city of Santa Rosalía, in Mulegé Municipality. It has a surface area of 11.374 km² (4.39 sq mi).[1]

Isla Tortuga

Isla Tortuga
Geography
Location	Gulf of California
Coordinates	27°26′42″N 111°52′51″W
Administration
Mexico
State	Baja California Sur
Demographics
Population	uninhabited

Biology

The Tortuga Island rattlesnake (Crotalus tortugensis) is a species endemic to Isla Tortuga — it is found nowhere else. It is very abundant on the island and found everywhere on the island, except in the caldera of the volcano.[2]

References

External links

• Volcanic Ridges off Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Gulf of California

This article about a location in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

На других языках

[de] Tortuga (Mexiko)

[es] Isla Tortuga (Baja California Sur)

[fr] Tortuga (île du Mexique)