Archipiélago de Revillagigedo

World Heritage
Mexico
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Located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, this archipelago consists of four remote islands and their surrounding waters: San Benedicto, Socorro, Roca Partida and Clarion. The archipelago is part of an underwater mountain range, with the four islands representing volcanic peaks above sea level. The islands provide important habitat for a variety of wildlife, especially seabirds. The surrounding waters are home to large pelagic species such as manta rays, whales, dolphins and sharks.

Montículo Cinerítico (front) and Bárcena (behind), volcanic cones on San Benedicto, one of the Revil...

Location of Socorro Island and the rest of the Revillagigedo Archipelago, and extent of Mexico's wes...

Socorro as seen from space. North is to the upper left corner

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The Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni), as of 2019, survives only in captivity

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Socorro and Bárcena on San Benedicto are indicated on this map of Mexican volcanoes

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Information extracted from Wikidata

executive body Revillagigedo Islands
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/02m088
Commons category Revillagigedo Islands
has part colonia
has part Socorro Island
coordinate location Point(-112.763889 18.821389)
WWF ecoregion code NT0216
elevation above sea level 1130
area 157.81
area 636685.375
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (x)
country Mexico
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/San%20Benedicto%20Island.jpg
instance of island
located in the administrative territorial entity Colima
locator map image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MX-Revillagigedo.PNG

start time 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name أرخبيل جزر ريفيلا جيجدو المتقاربة
official name Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
official name Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
official name Archipel de Revillagigedo
official name レビジャヒヘド諸島
official name Revillagigedo-eilanden
official name Архипелаг Ревилья-Хихедо
official name Revillagigedo群岛
volume as quantity World Heritage selection criterion (x)
heritage designation Ramsar site
start time 2004-02-02T00:00:00Z
official name Reserva de la Biosfera Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
area 14186420.2027
applies to part buffer zone