Guadalupe Island is a volcanic island located 241 kilometres off the western coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula and about 400 km (200 nmi) southwest of the city of Ensenada in the state of Baja California, in the Pacific Ocean. The various volcanoes are extinct or dormant. In 2005 Guadalupe Island and its surrounding waters and islets were declared a biosphere reserve to restore its vegetation and to protect its population of marine mammals and birds. The island is a popular destination for great white shark cage diving. Guadalupe Island is inhabited only by scientists, military personnel operating a weather station, and a small group of seasonal fishermen. The island is mostly arid and has very little surface water.
Southeastern coast of Guadalupe Island
Great white shark off Isla Guadalupe
Great white shark off Isla Guadalupe
Giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea)
Baja California peninsula
The Baja California peninsula is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. It separates the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula extends from Mexicali, Baja California, in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, in the south.
Satellite image of the Baja California peninsula
Isla Partida, which is part of the San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park
Port of Cabo San Lucas
Baja California as seen in April 1984, from the bay of a Space Shuttle (STS-41-C)