Archipiélago de San Lorenzo

Archipielago de San Lorenzo National Park protects a group of islands and surrounding waters in the northern Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), within the state of Baja California in northwestern Mexico. The archipelago consists of San Lorenzo Island and several smaller islands, islets, and rocky outcrops rising from the exceptionally productive waters of the northern Gulf. The park was formally established in 2005 and falls within the broader UNESCO World Heritage Site designation of the Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, recognising its outstanding universal value as part of one of the most biologically rich and diverse bodies of water on Earth. The Gulf of California, sometimes called the Aquarium of the World, supports extraordinary marine biodiversity, and the San Lorenzo archipelago is one of its most significant wildlife concentrations.