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Baja California Map - Mexico. North America. Mexico. Baja California. A Mexican peninsula extending into the Pacific Ocean from the southern end of the US state of California, Baja California provides some of Mexico's most dramatic sea and landscapes. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. Wikivoyage. Wikipedia. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Baja California
Type: State with 3,770,000 residents. Description: state of...
- Zona Norte
Location: Tijuana, Tijuana Municipality, Baja California,...
- Zona Rio
Location: Tijuana, Tijuana Municipality, Baja California,...
- Tijuana
Tijuana Tijuana is a city in Baja California, Mexico, just...
- Calexico
Calexico Mission Academy is a school under the control of...
- Ensenada
Location: Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Baja...
- Cabo San Lucas
Cabo San Lucas is a city at the southern tip of Baja...
- Monterrey
Monterrey is the third largest city in Mexico and the...
- Baja California
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Type: State with 3,770,000 residents. Description: state of Mexico. Neighbors: Arizona, Baja California Sur, California, San Diego County and Sonora. Categories: state of Mexico and locality. Location: Baja California, Mexico, North America. View on OpenStreetMap.
Baja California - Mapa - México. América do Norte. México. Baja California. A Baixa Califórnia é o estado mais setentrional do México. Faz fronteira ao norte com o estado estadunidense de Califórnia, ao leste com o estado mexicano de Sonora e com o Mar de Cortez, ao sul com o estado mexicano de Baja California Sur, e a oeste com o Oceano Pacífico.
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Baja California Peninsula is located in Northwestern Mexico and separated from the mainland by the Gulf of California. It is bordered to the north by the US states of California and Arizona, south and west by the Pacific Ocean, northeast by Sonora, and Southeast by Sinaloa, with the Gulf of California separating the peninsula from the two Mexican s...
Baja California Peninsula is approximately 1,247 kilometers long from Mexicali in the north to Cabo San Lucas in the South. It is 40 kilometers wide at the narrowest section close to La Paz, Baja California Sur, and 320 kilometers wide at the widest point. Its coastline is approximately 3,000 kilometers long and has about 100 islands, of which 37 a...
Initially, Baja California Peninsula was part of the North American Plate. However, the East Pacific Rise initiated the separation of the plate and the peninsula about 12-15 million years ago. Currently, the peninsula is part of the Pacific Plate and is slowly moving in a northwestward direction, away from the East Pacific Rise. A fault block, risi...
European explorers considered the peninsula’s existence as a myth before its discovery. The idea of its existence first appeared in a 1510 novel authored by Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo, as the Island of California. In 1539, while Francisco de Ulloa was exploring Mexico's west coast, he confirmed that California was a peninsula and not an island as ...
Learn about the geography, geology, and history of the peninsula that separates the Gulf of California from the Pacific Ocean. See a map of its location, states, islands, and features.
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Find travel maps of Baja California for reference and planning, with road signs and tips. See detailed maps of North and South Baja, Tijuana border crossing, East Cape, Cabo San Lucas, La Paz and San Jose del Cabo.
Baja California is the 12th-largest state by area in Mexico. Its geography ranges from beaches to forests and deserts. The backbone of the state is the Sierra de Baja California, where Picacho del Diablo, the highest point of the peninsula, is located.
