Bahia de Loreto National Park

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1. Story
2. A marine and coastal protected area on the eastern side of the Baja California peninsula, established on 19 July 1996, covering 206,580.75 hectares of which about 88 percent is sea surface and taking in the islands of Coronados, Del Carmen, Danzante, Montserrat and Santa Catalina. It joined the Ramsar list in 2004 and was included in the Gulf of California UNESCO World Heritage inscription in 2005. For this Journey it matters as the one place in the migration where the animals are reliably close to a coast under formal protection - nursing females and calves concentrate in these waters in winter.
3. Knowledge
4. Gulf of California
5. Bahia de Loreto National Park
6. Connections
7. Gulf of California
8. Bahia de Loreto National Park is established
9. Tagged whales confirm the Gulf of California as a wintering ground
10. Eastern North Pacific Blue Whale Migration
11. Bahia de Loreto National Park
12. Bahia de Loreto National Park is established
13. Tagged whales confirm the Gulf of California as a wintering ground
14. Evidence
15. The Gulf of California is a winter, calving and feeding area for northeastern Pacific blue whales that feed off California in summer; nursing mothers and calves show a particular preference for the coastal waters of Bahia de Loreto National Park, and females in different reproductive states return to the gulf. The park was established on 19 July 1996, covers 206,580.75 hectares of which about 88 percent is sea surface, and takes in the islands of Coronados, Del Carmen, Danzante, Montserrat and Santa Catalina. V55 verification basis: retrieved in search summary attributed to these sources; none was fetched.