El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve

El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve is a protected natural area in the northern part of . It is one of the largest protected biospheres in the world covering an area of more than 96,000 square miles.
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Photo: National Marine Sanctuaries, Public domain.
  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: biosphere reserve
  • Also known as: El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve

El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve

Latitude
27.5082° or 27° 30′ 30″ north
Longitude
-113.5729° or 113° 34′ 22″ west
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
75V8GC5G+7V
Geo­Names ID
9961411
Wiki­data ID
Q432483
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Էլ Վիսկաինո
  • Catalan: El Vizcaíno
  • Chinese: 埃尔比斯开诺鲸鱼禁渔区
  • Chinese: 埃爾比斯卡伊諾
  • Chinese: 埃爾比斯開諾生物圈保護區
  • Chinese: 埃爾比斯開諾鯨魚禁漁區
  • Croatian: Rezervat biosfere El Vizcaíno
  • Czech: El Vizcaíno
  • Dutch: El Vizcaíno
  • French: El Vizcaíno
  • Georgian: ელ-ვისკაინო
  • German: Biosphärenreservat El Vizcaíno
  • German: El Vizcaíno
  • Hebrew: אל ויסקאינו
  • Hebrew: השמורה הביוספרית אל ויסקאינו
  • Hungarian: El Vizcaíno Bioszféra-rezervátum
  • Italian: Riserva della biosfera di El Vizcaíno
  • Japanese: エル・ビスカイノ生物圏保護区
  • Korean: 엘 비즈카이노 고래 보호 지역
  • Lithuanian: El Viskaino biosferos rezervatas
  • Macedonian: Ел Вискаино
  • Maltese: Riżerva ta‘ Bijosfera ta’ El Vizcaíno
  • Maltese: Santwarju tal-Balieni ta‘ El Vizcaino
  • Maltese: Santwarju tal-Balieni ta’ El Vizcaino
  • Mingrelian: ელ-ვისკაინო
  • Persian: ذخیره‌گاه زیست‌کره ال ویزکینو
  • Portuguese: Reserva da Biosfera de El Vizcaíno
  • Russian: Себастьян-Вискаино
  • Russian: Эль-Вискаино
  • Slovak: El Vizcaino
  • Slovak: El Vizcaíno
  • Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera de El Vizcaíno
  • Spanish: Reserva de la biosfera El Vizcaíno
  • Spanish: Santuario de ballenas de El Vizcaino
  • Spanish: Santuario de ballenas de El Vizcaíno
  • Swedish: El Vizcaino
  • Turkish: El Vizcaíno Biyosfer Rezervi
  • Ukrainian: Біосферний резерв Ель-Віскаїно
  • Ukrainian: Ель-Віскаїно
  • Vietnamese: Khu bảo tồn cá voi ở El Vizcaino

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve”. Photo: National Marine Sanctuaries, Public domain.