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The Gulf of California (Spanish: Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
- 1,126 km (700 mi)
- Pacific Ocean
- 48–241 km (30–150 mi)
- 160,000 km² (62,000 sq mi)
Mar 21, 2024 · Category: Geography & Travel. Also called: Sea of Cortez. Spanish: Golfo de California or Mar de Cortés. Gulf of California, large inlet of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the northwestern coast of Mexico. It is enclosed by the Mexican mainland to the east and by the mountainous peninsula of Baja California to the west.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 14, 2021 · The Gulf of California separates the mountainous Lower California Peninsula/Baja California Peninsula in the west from the states of Sonora and Sinaloa on the mainland of Mexico in the east. Map showing the Gulf of California. Geography . The Gulf of California covers an area of 160,000 sq. km and has a long coastline of approximately 4,000km.
- Diptarka Ghosh
Mar 22, 2021 · Baja California Peninsula, also known as Lower California Peninsula, is a peninsula in North America, separating the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula is a Mexican territory and bordered to the north by the US. It extends approximately 1,247 kilometers and comprises two Mexican states; Baja California Sur and Baja California.
- John Misachi
Nov 17, 2011 · A new look at geologic evidence shows that the Gulf of California, the sea that separates the Baja California peninsula from mainland Mexico, formed in as little as 6 million to 10...
Facts & Figures. The surface area of the Gulf of California is about 160,000 km 2 (or 62,000 square miles). The narrow subtropical sea is 1,130km (700 miles) long and 80-209km (50-130 miles) wide. It is surrounded by the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa and Nayarit.
A highly productive sea, the Gulf is dotted with 900 islands and fringed with numerous coastal habitats. The Baja Peninsula’s marine waters also support Mexico’s most important fisheries, providing US$223 million to the country’s economy in 2013. It is also a major tourist destination, contributing an additional US$2 billion annually.
