San Pedro Nolasco Island

27°57′59″N 111°22′42″W / 27.96639°N 111.37833°W / 27.96639; -111.37833

San Pedro Nolasco
Native name:
Spanish: Isla San Pedro Nolasco
Islands in the northern Gulf of California
Geography
LocationGulf of California
Coordinates27°57′59″N 111°22′42″W / 27.96639°N 111.37833°W / 27.96639; -111.37833
Highest point1,075 feet (328 meters)
Administration
Mexico
StateSonora

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]

  1. ^ "Isla San Pedro Nolasco". SeaSanCarlos. See the Seas. 2010-10-11. Retrieved 2011-03-21.