Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California - Mazatlan, Mexico - World Heritage Sites on Waymarking.com

This Waymark is pegged to a monument for the World Heritage Site known as the "Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California".
The monument is located along the sea front in Mazatlan and some of those islands can be seen just offshore from here.

The UNESCO website (visit link) informs us:

"The site comprises 244 islands, islets and coastal areas that are located in the Gulf of California in north-eastern Mexico. The Sea of Cortez and its islands have been called a natural laboratory for the investigation of speciation. Moreover, almost all major oceanographic processes occurring in the planet’s oceans are present in the property, giving it extraordinary importance for study. The site is one of striking natural beauty in a dramatic setting formed by rugged islands with high cliffs and sandy beaches, which contrast with the brilliant reflection from the desert and the surrounding turquoise waters. It is home to 695 vascular plant species, more than in any marine and insular property on the World Heritage List. Equally exceptional is the number of fish species: 891, 90 of them endemic. The site, moreover, contains 39% of the world’s total number of species of marine mammals and a third of the world’s marine cetacean species."

The plaque on the monument here is in Spanish and English, the English side reads:

"The islands and protected areas of the
Gulf of California have been inscribed
upon the World Heritage List of the
Convention concerning the Protection
of the World Cultural and Natural
Heritage. Inscription on this List
confirms the outstanding universal
value of a cultural or natural site which
deserves protection for the benefit of
all humanity."

See the Wikipedia page for the Gulf at (visit link)

Type: Natural Reference number: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1182

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