Baja Peninsula
A Mexican peninsula extending into the Pacific Ocean from the southern end of the U.S. state of California, the Baja Peninsula provides some of Mexico's most dramatic sea and landscapes.
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Baja Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula of North America on the Pacific Coast of Mexico
- Also known as: “Baja”, “Baja California peninsula”, “Baja California poolsaar”, “Baja peninsula”, “Baja-Californië”, “bán đảo Hạ California”, “Basa Kalifornio”, “Califfornia Isaf”, “California Isaf”, “Californiahalvön”, “Californisch schiereiland”, “Californiske halvøy”, “Den californiske halvøya”, “Dolná Kalifornia”, “Duoninsulo Baja California”, “Gorynys Baja California”, “Hạ California”, “La Baja California”, “Lower California”, “Lower California peninsula”, “ma palisa Kaliponja”, “ma palisa Paka Kaliponja”, “Neder-Kalifornje”, “Península da Baja California”, “Península de Baixa California”, “Peninsula de California”, “Península de Califòrnia”, “Península de la Baja California”, “Peninsule de Basse-Californie”, “Penisola della Bassa California”, “Penisola della California”, “Southern California”, “Долна Калифорнија”, “Долнокалифорниски Полуостров”, “Калифорнийский полуостров”, “Калифорнија”, “Каліфорнійський півострів”, “Півострів Каліфорнія”, “باجا کیلی فورنیا”, “زیریں کیلی فورنیا”, “زیریں کیلیفورنیا”, “شبه جزيرة كاليفورنيا”, “شبه جزیره باخا کالیفرنیا”, “شبه‌جزیرهٔ باخا کالیفرنیا”, “شبه‌جزیره باها کالیفرنیا”, “பாஜா கலிபோர்னியா தீபகற்பம்”, “คาบสมุทรบาฮากาลิฟอร์เนีย”, “깔리포르니아 반도”, “깔리포르니아반도”, “바하 칼리포르니아 반도”, “캘리포니아 반도”, “カリフォルニア半島”, “バハカリフォルニア半島”, “下加利福尼亞”, “下加里福尼亞半島”, “加利福尼亚半岛”, and “巴哈半島”
- Location: Mexico, North America
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Latitude of center
28° north
Longitude of center
-113.5° or 113° 30′ west
Elevation
186 metres (610 feet)
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Baja Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Neder-Kalifornië”
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة باخا كاليفورنيا”
- Armenian: “Կալիֆոռնիա”
- Asturian: “Península de Baxa California”
- Azerbaijani: “Kaliforniya yarımadası”
- Bashkir: “Калифорния (ярымутрау)”
- Bashkir: “Калифорния”
- Basque: “Kaliforniako penintsula”
- Belarusian: “Каліфорнія”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Каліфорнія”
- Bengali: “বাজা ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
- Bengali: “বাহা ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া উপদ্বীপ”
- Bosnian: “Donja Kalifornija”
- Breton: “Ledenez Baja California”
- Bulgarian: “Долна Калифорния”
- Catalan: “Península de Baixa Califòrnia”
- Catalan: “Península de la Baixa Califòrnia”
- Cebuano: “Baja California (lawis)”
- Cebuano: “Baja California”
- Chinese: “下加利福尼亚”
- Chinese: “下加利福尼亚半岛”
- Chinese: “下加利福尼亞半島”
- Croatian: “Baja California”
- Czech: “Kalifornský poloostrov”
- Danish: “Californiske Halvø”
- Dutch: “Neder-Californië”
- Esperanto: “Kalifornia duoninsulo”
- Esperanto: “Kalifornia Duoninsulo”
- Estonian: “California poolsaar”
- Faroese: “Baja Kalifornia hálvoyggin”
- Finnish: “Kalifornian niemimaa”
- French: “péninsule de Basse-Californie”
- French: “Péninsule de Basse-Californie”
- Galician: “Península de California”
- Georgian: “კალიფორნიის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Niederkalifornien”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Μπάχα Καλιφόρνια”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי באחה קליפורניה”
- Hindi: “बाजा कैलिफ़ोर्निया प्रायद्वीप”
- Hungarian: “Kaliforniai-félsziget”
- Icelandic: “Baja California-skagi”
- Indonesian: “Semenanjung Baja California”
- Interlingua: “Peninsula de Baja California”
- Italian: “Penisola di Bassa California”
- Japanese: “バハ・カリフォルニア半島”
- Kazakh: “Kalïfornïya tübegi”
- Kazakh: “Калифорния түбегі”
- Kazakh: “كالىيفورنىييا تۇبەگى”
- Kirghiz: “Төмөнкү Калифорния”
- Korean: “바하칼리포르니아반도”
- Latin: “California Inferior (paeninsula)”
- Latin: “California Inferior”
- Latvian: “Kalifornijas pussala”
- Lithuanian: “Kalifornijos pusiasalis”
- Macedonian: “Калифорниски Полуостров”
- Mazanderani: “کالیفرنیای جزیره مونا”
- Mazanderani: “کالیفورنیا جزیره مونا”
- Mongolian: “Калифорнийн хойг”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Californiahalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Californiahalvøya”
- Norwegian: “Californiahalvøya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bassa Califòrnia”
- Panjabi: “ਹੇਠਲਾ ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਪਰਾਇਦੀਪ”
- Panjabi: “ਬਾਖ਼ਾ ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਪਰਾਇਦੀਪ”
- Persian: “شبه‌جزیره باخا کالیفرنیا”
- Polish: “Półwysep Kalifornijski”
- Portuguese: “Baja California”
- Portuguese: “Península da Baixa Califórnia”
- Romanian: “Peninsula Baja California”
- Russian: “Калифорния”
- Serbian: “Donja Kalifornija”
- Serbian: “Доња Калифорнија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Donja Kalifornija”
- Slovak: “Kalifornský polostrov”
- Slovenian: “Kalifornijski polotok”
- Spanish: “Península de Baja California”
- Spanish: “península de California”
- Swahili: “Rasi ya Baja Kalifornia”
- Swedish: “Baja California”
- Tamil: “பாகா கலிபோர்னியா மூவலந்தீவு”
- Tamil: “பாஹா கலிபோர்னியா தீபகற்பம்”
- Tatar: “Калифорния”
- Thai: “คาบสมุทรบาฆากาลิฟอร์เนีย”
- Turkish: “Baja California Yarımadası”
- Ukrainian: “Каліфорнія”
- Ukrainian: “Нижня Каліфорнія”
- Urdu: “باجا کیلیفورنیا”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ نما باخا کیلیفورنیا”
- Uzbek: “Kaliforniya”
- Vietnamese: “bán đảo Baja California”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Baja California”
- Waray (Philippines): “Rawis han Baja California”
- Welsh: “Baja California”
- Western Frisian: “Kalifornysk Skiereilân”
- Western Frisian: “Leech-Kalifornje”
- Western Panjabi: “جزیرہ نما باجا کیلیفورنیا”
- Wu Chinese: “下加利福尼亚半岛”
- Yue Chinese: “下加利福尼亞半島”
- “ma palisa pi ma Kaliponja anpa”
- “বাহা কালিফোর্নিয়া উপদ্বীপ”
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