Mexico
28°18′N 115°35′W
Islas San Benito
The Islas San Benito lie in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, 25 km west of Cedros Island. They are part of the Cedros Island delegación, a subdivision of Ensenada (municipality), Baja California.
Overview
The Islas San Benito lie in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, 25 km west of Cedros Island. They are part of the Cedros Island delegación, a subdivision of Ensenada (municipality), Baja California. The group consists of three barren islands, with a total area of 3.899 km2, and is surrounded by rocks and patches of kelp. The census of 2001 recorded a population of two on Benito del Oeste (West Benito); the other islands are uninhabited.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands1
- Islets3
- Rocks & skerries6
Major islands
Isla San Benito Oeste
- Area
- 3.8 km²
- High point
- 201 m
Minor islands
Isla San Benito de en Medio
- Area
- 0.49 km²
- High point
- 30 m
Islets
- Unnamed island6 m · 0.5 ha
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.4 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.1 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Isla San Benito Oeste: 201 m
- Isla San Benito de en Medio: 30 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Isla San Benito Oeste | 3.8 km² |
| Isla San Benito de en Medio | 0.49 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |