Isla Natividad
Isla Natividad at the bottom
Isla Natividad is an
Mexican state of Baja California Sur. 200 meters off its northwestern end lies Roca María at 27°53′33″N 115°13′19″W / 27.89250°N 115.22194°W, with an area of 0.074 km2. Isla Natividad is separated from the mainland at Punta Eugenia by Canal de Dewey (Dewey's Channel), and from Cedros Island (Baja California), which is 15 km to the north, by Canal de Keller (Canal Kellett).[1]
The island is part of
Mulegé municipality. It is 8.655 km2 in area. At the 2001 census,[2] the island had a population of 384, centered in Natividad, a community of abalone, lobster, and clam fishermen, at the southeastern end (27°51′09″N 115°10′09″W / 27.85250°N 115.16917°W). Connection to the mainland is facilitated by an airstrip. There is a lighthouse
in the northern part.
Geography and ecology
It has steep rocky shores fringed by rocks and
Peromyscus maniculatus and some lizards. Seabirds – namely Brandt's cormorant – and seals use the island as a breeding and resting site. Isla Natividad is one of the southernmost breeding locations of Cassin's auklet and a main breeding site for black-vented shearwaters.[3][4]
Restoration
Between 1997 and 2001, Conservacion de Islas removed introduced goat, Capra hircus, domestic sheep Ovis aries, domestic cats Felis catus, domestic dog Canis familiaris, from the island to primarily benefit the black-vented shearwater Puffinus opisthomelas.[5][6]
References
- ISBN 1-57785-559-0
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (2007): Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER) Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine ["Principal results of the 2005 census by locality"] [in Spanish]. Retrieved 2007-OCT-10.
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- ^ California/Mexico Island Conservation Database (2007): Plant accounts: Guadalupe Island Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2007-OCT-10.
- ISSN 1367-9430.
- ^ "Database of Island Invasive Species Eradications". DIISE. Island Conservation. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
27°52′33″N 115°11′05″W / 27.87583°N 115.18472°W