Isla Santa Catalina
 Aerial photo of Isla Santa Catalina | |
  Isla Santa Catalina | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Gulf of California |
| Coordinates | 25°39′9.53″N 110°46′51.25″W / 25.6526472°N 110.7809028°W |
| Highest elevation | 448 m (1470 ft) |
| Administration | |
Mexico | |
| State | Baja California Sur |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
Isla Santa Catalina, officially known as Isla Catalana,[1][2][3] is an island in the Gulf of California east of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Loreto Municipality.
The island is located south of the Gulf of California and is located 25 km from the peninsula of Baja California. It has about 13 km long and 4 km wide maximum with total area of 39.273 square kilometers. Isla Catalana, being uninhabited, is separated by the sea from the nearest town, Loreto, which lies about 60 km away.
Official name
[edit]The official and traditional name of the island is “Isla Catalana”.[4][2][3][5][6][7][8] The confusion was caused by some documents of cartographic service of the United States, that wrote in a chart the name “Isla Santa Catalina”.[9]
Originally named Isla Catalan, it was frequently called Isla Catalana. In the mid 1850s when the U.S. Navy charted the Gulf the mapmakers changed the name to Isla Santa Catalina.
— A natural history guide to Baja California. Kathleen Johnson Dickey. 1983.
In some scientific papers, authors use both names. The official Mexican name of Isla catalana, and the one that became internationally spread by error.[10][11][12][13]
Biology
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Flora
[edit]- Ferocactus diguetii.[14]
Fauna
[edit]Birds
[edit]- Picoides scalaris
- Melanerpes uropygialis
- Zenaida asiatica
- Amphispiza bilineata
- Cardinalis cardinalis
- Haemorhous mexicanus
Reptiles
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Isla Catalana has 10 species of reptiles, including the following seven endemic species.[17]
- Aspidoscelis catalinensis (Isla Santa Catalina whiptail)
- Crotalus catalinensis (Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake)
- Dipsosaurus catalinensis (Isla Santa Catalina desert iguana)
- Lampropeltis catalinensis (Isla Santa Catalina kingsnake)
- Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis (Santa Catalina Island leaf-toed gecko)
- Sceloporus lineatulus (Isla Santa Catalina spiny lizard)
- Uta squamata (Isla Santa Catalina side-blotched lizard)
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Miguel Venegas (1757). Noticia De La California, Y De Su Conquista Temporal, Y Espiritual Hasta El Tiempo Presente. En la Imprenta de la Viuda De Manuel Fernandez, y del Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion. pp. 26–.
- ^ a b A. G. Findlay (28 March 2013). A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean, with Descriptions of Its Coasts, Islands, Etc.: From the Strait of Magalhaens to the Arctic Sea, and Those of Asia and Australia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 655–. ISBN 978-1-108-05972-5.
- ^ a b Baja California Sur (Mexico). Dirección de la Crónica Estatal (1990). Crónicas Baja California Sur - Editions 1-7. Gobierno del Estado de Baja California Sur.
- ^ Miguel Venegas (1757). Noticia De La California, Y De Su Conquista Temporal, Y Espiritual Hasta El Tiempo Presente: Sacada De La Historia Manvscrita, Formada en Mexico año de 1739. por el Padre Miguèl Venegas, de la Compañia de Jesus; y de otras Noticias, y Relaciones antiguas, y modernas. Añadida De Algunos Mapas Particulares, y uno general de la America Septentrional, Assia Oriental, y Mar del Sùr intermedio, formados sobre las Memorias mas recientes, y exactas, que se publìcan juntamente. Dedicada Al Rey N.Tro Señor Por La Provincia De Neueva-España, de la Compañia de Jesus. Tomo Primero. En la Imprenta de la Viuda De Manuel Fernandez, y del Supremo Consejo de la Inquisicion. pp. 26–.
- ^ "Isla Catalana". Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
- ^ Lucas Alamán (1836). Diccionario universal de historia y de geografía: Apéndice. Colección de artículos relativos á la Republica Mexicana por José María Andrade [y otros]. Andrade y Escalante. pp. 745–.
- ^ Kilian (1825). Dictionnaire géographique universel contenant la description de tous les lieux du globe intéressans sous le rapport de la géographie physique et politique, de l'histoire, de la statistique, du commerce, de l'industrie, etc. A.-J. Kilian. pp. 429–.
- ^ Eugène D. ¬de Mofras (1844). Exploration du territoire de l'Orégon, des Californies et de la mer Vermeille: exécutée pendant les années 1840, 1841 et 1842. Bertrand. pp. 222–.
- ^ Kathleen Johnson Dickey (1983). A natural history guide to Baja California. Kathleen Johnson Dickey.
- ^ HISTORIA NATURAL DE LA SERPIENTE DE CASCABEL Crotalus catalinensis, ENDÉMICA DE LA ISLA SANTA CATALINA, GOLFO DE CALIFORNIA, MEXICO. Serpiente de cascabel endémica de la isla Catalana (Parque Nacional Bahía de Loreto)
- ^ L. Lee Grismer (16 September 2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. University of California Press. pp. 360–. ISBN 978-0-520-92520-5.
- ^ Fernando Jordán (1 January 1995). Mar Roxo de Cortés: biografía de un golfo. UABC. pp. 156–. ISBN 978-968-7326-25-2.
- ^ Oscar Sánchez (2005). Temas sobre restauración ecológica. Instituto Nacional de Ecología. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-968-817-724-2.
- ^ Aitchison, Stewart W. (2010). The Desert Islands of Mexico's Sea of Cortez. University of Arizona Press. pp. 32–. ISBN 978-0-8165-2774-8.
- ^ Diguet, Léon; Désiré Bois; André Guillaumin (1928). Les cactacées utiles du Mexique. Au siège de la Société. (in French).
- ^ Ferocactus diguetii, Barrel Cactus, Biznaga
- ^ "TheNAT :: Amphibian and Reptile Atlas of Peninsular California".
External links
[edit]- Island's location map
- Williams, J.H. (August 1996). Baja Boaters Guide II: Sea of Cortez. H.J. Williams Publications. p. 133. ISBN 0-9616843-8-0.
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