Map Gulf Of California

Map Gulf Of California. Map Of The Gulf Of California Cities And Towns Map The name "Gulf of California" is on most maps in English today Location : Gulf of California ( 27.55776 -111.70470 27.55786 -111.70460 ) Average elevation : 0 ft

Francisco de Ulloa named it for Hernán Cortés, who sent him to explore the coast 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 name "Sea of Cortés" is the one preferred by local people The name "Gulf of California" is on most maps in English today The Gulf was made 5.3 million years ago, changing the flow of the Colorado River.

. 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 The Gulf of California covers an area of 160,000 sq

. An official website of the United States government The Gulf is surrounded by the Mexican states of Sonora, Sinaloa, Baja California, and Baja California Sur