Isla Tiburon
Isla Tiburón is in the Sea of Cortez offshore of the state of Sonora in Mexico. The island was established as a refuge to protect large game animals from the dangers of poaching and overhunting that they were facing on the mainland.
- Type: Island
- Description: Island in Mexico
- Also known as: “Île de Tiburon”, “Île Tiburon”, “Isla del Tiburon”, “Isla del Tiburón”, “Reserva Especial de la Biosfera Isla Tiburon”, “Reserva Especial de la Biosfera Isla Tiburón”, “Tahejoc”, “Tahéjöc”, “Tiburon”, “Tiburon Island”, and “Tiburón Island”
Isla Tiburon
- Category: landform
- Location: Hermosillo Municipality, Sonora, Northern Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
28.996° or 28° 59′ 46″ north
Longitude
-112.36° or 112° 21′ 36″ west
Elevation
269 metres (883 feet)
Open location code
75W9XJWQ+9X
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Isla Tiburon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Tiburón uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Тыбурон”
- Belarusian: “Тыбурон”
- Breton: “Enez Tiburón”
- Catalan: “Illa Tiburón”
- Cebuano: “Isla Tiburón”
- Chinese: “蒂布龍島”
- Chinese: “蒂布龙岛”
- Chuvash: “Тибурон”
- Czech: “Tiburón”
- Dutch: “Tiburón”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تيبورون ايسلاند”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تيبورون”
- Estonian: “Tiburóni saar”
- French: “île Tiburón”
- French: “Île Tiburón”
- Galician: “Illa Tiburón”
- German: “Isla Tiburón”
- Hebrew: “טיבורון (אי)”
- Hungarian: “Tiburón-sziget”
- Italian: “isola di Tiburón”
- Italian: “Isola di Tiburón”
- Japanese: “ティブロン島”
- Korean: “티뷰론섬”
- Lithuanian: “Tiburono sala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isla Tiburón”
- Norwegian: “Isla Tiburón”
- Polish: “Tiburón”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Tiburón”
- Russian: “Тибурон”
- Spanish: “Isla Tiburón”
- Swedish: “Tiburón”
- Turkish: “Köpekbalığı Adası”
- Turkish: “Tiburón Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Тібурон”
- Ukrainian: “Тібурон”
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