Revillagigedo Islands >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For the island in southeast Alaska, see Revillagigedo Island. San Benedicto Island, one of the Revillagigedo Islands The Revillagigedo Islands (also Revillagigedo Archipelago or Islas Revillagigedo) are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, known for their unique ecosystem. They are part of Manzanillo municipality of the Mexican state of Colima and lie 386 km southwest of Cabo San Lucas, the southern tip of Baja California peninsula, and between 720 and 970 km west of Manzanillo. They are located at approximately 18? N 112? W.
The total area is 169 km2. There is a naval station in the south of Socorro Island, with a population of 250 (staff and families). On Clari?n, there is a small naval garrison with 9 men. Other than that, the islands are uninhabited. The islands are named after Don Juan Vicente de G?emes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, the 53rd viceroy of New Spain. The Revillagigedo Islands consist of four volcanic islands, from spread over about 250 from east to west: San Benedicto (San Tom?s) , 4.8 km by 2.4 km, area 10 km?, height 310 m (B?rcena) Socorro, 16.5 by 11.5 km, area 132 km?, height 1130 m (Mount Evermann or Cerro Evermann) Roca Partida, 91 m by 45 m, area 0.003 km?, height 34 m Clari?n (Santa Rosa), 8.5 km by 3.5 km, area 27 km?, height 335 m (Monte Gallegos) The three eastern islands are called the inner islands. They fall in the time zone UTC-7 (Mountain Time), while the major part of Colima is UTC-6 (Central Time Zone). Clari?n is comparatively far to the west, by more than 200 km in comparison with the inner islands, and in UTC-8 (Pacific Time Zone). The Revillagigedo Islands are one of three Mexican island groups in the Pacific Ocean that are not on the continental shelf; the others are Guadalupe Island and Rocas Alijos. This and many other places that come up when doing a Google search say the name of the islands is ONE work. Try a Google search and see what you come up with. 73 de Tony, KD4K My Radio web site http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html My Weather Web Site http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash Sawnee Mountain Repeater Web Site http://www.sawneemtn.org/ -----Original Message----- From: Karl Geng, N1DL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:42 AM To: Tony Cash; dxbase Subject: RE: [Dxbase] Revillagigedo is misspelled named after: Conde de Revilla Gigedo, Juan Francisco de G?emes y Horcasitas, , 1682??1766, Spanish colonial administrator, viceroy of New Spain (1746?55). He encouraged the conquest and settlement of N Mexico, particularly under Jos? de Escand?n. His son, Juan Vicente G?emes Pacheco de Padilla, conde de Revilla Gigedo, 1740?99, b. Havana, was viceroy of New Spain (1789?94). He gave to the viceroyalty one of the finest administrations of the colonial era. He put the new administrative system of intendancies into working order, improved Mexico City, sent out an expedition that carried the Spanish territorial claims N of the California coast, and brought the revenues of the viceroyalty to their highest point. looks to me like two words 73 de Karl N1DL -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Cash Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 9:02 PM To: dxbase Subject: [Dxbase] Revillagigedo is misspelled Anybody else notice that Revillagigedo is misspelled in DXBase 2007 in both the country prefix database and the IOTA database? DXBase has it as Revilla Gigedo and it should be Revillagigedo in the country database and Revillagigedo Islands in the IOTA database. 73 de Tony, KD4K My Radio web site http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash/kd4k/radio.html My Weather Web Site http://home.adelphia.net/~tonycash Sawnee Mountain Repeater Web Site http://www.sawneemtn.org/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: 10/27/2006 ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.20/508 - Release Date: 10/31/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.20/508 - Release Date: 10/31/2006
