27°57′59″N 111°22′42″W / 27.96639°N 111.37833°W
Native name: Spanish: Isla San Pedro Nolasco | |
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Geography | |
Location | Gulf of California |
Coordinates | 27°57′59″N 111°22′42″W / 27.96639°N 111.37833°W |
Highest point | 1,075 feet (328 meters) |
Administration | |
Mexico | |
State | Sonora |
San Pedro Nolasco Island, sometimes called Seal Island, is a small and rugged Mexican island in the Gulf of California. It is 4.2 km long by 1 km wide, and lies 15 km from the nearest point of the Mexican coast and about 28 km west of the resort town of San Carlos on the coast of the Sonoran Desert. The island is protected as a nature reserve and its coastal waters are well known as a sport fishing and diving site.[1]