Gulf of California
The Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortés or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea, is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Sea
- …is named after Island of California
- Description: gulf of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Mexico
- Also known as“Sea of Cortés”“Sea of Cortez”“Vermilion Sea”
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Latitude
27.5578° or 27° 33′ 28″ north
Longitude
-111.7047° or 111° 42′ 17″ west
Open location code
75VCH75W+44
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = sea
OpenStreetMap feature
place = sea
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gulf of California” goes by many names.
Golf van KaliforniëAfrikaans
Gulf of CaliforniaAfrikaans
بحر كورتسArabic
خليج كالفورنياArabic
خليج كاليفورنياArabic
Կալիֆոռնիական ծոցArmenian
Կալիֆոռնիայի ծոցArmenian
Golfu de CaliforniaAsturian
Kaliforniya körfəziAzerbaijani
Калифорния ҡултығыBashkir
Cortésen ItsasoaBasque
Kalifornia GolkoaBasque
Kaliforniako golkoaBasque
Каліфарнійская затокаBelarusian
Каліфарнійскі заліўBelarusian
Мора КартэсаBelarusian
ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া উপসাগরBengali
Kalifornijski zalivBosnian
Mor CortésBreton
Pleg-mor CaliforniaBreton
Pleg-mor KaliforniaBreton
Калифорнийски заливBulgarian
Калифорнийския заливBulgarian
Golf de CalifòrniaCatalan
Mar de CortésCatalan
کەنداوی کالیفۆرنیاCentral Kurdish
加利福尼亚湾Chinese
加利福尼亞灣Chinese
加里弗尼亚海湾Chinese
科爾蒂斯海Chinese
Калифорни кӳлмекĕChuvash
Cortesovo moreCroatian
Kalifornijski zaljevCroatian
Californský zálivCzech
Cortézovo mořeCzech
Kalifornský zálivCzech
Californiske BugtDanish
Californiske GolfDanish
CortezhavetDanish
Californische golfDutch
Golf van CaliforniëDutch
zee van CortésDutch
Golfo de KalifornioEsperanto
Kalifornia GolfoEsperanto
Maro de KortesoEsperanto
California lahtEstonian
California ke khaarriFiji Hindi
Kalifornian lahtiFinnish
Golfo de CaliforniaGalician
კალიფორნიის ყურეGeorgian
Κόλπος της ΚαλιφόρνιαGreek
Κόλπος της ΚαλιφόρνιαςGreek
מפרץ קליפורניהHebrew
कैलिफ़ोर्निया की खाड़ीHindi
Kaliforniai-öbölHungarian
KaliforníuflóiIcelandic
Teluk CaliforniaIndonesian
Golfo della CaliforniaItalian
Golfo di CaliforniaItalian
Mar BermejoItalian
Mar de CortésItalian
Mare di CortésItalian
Mare di CortezItalian
カリフォルニア湾Japanese
カリフォルニア湾の島々と保護地域群Japanese
コルテス海Japanese
Kalïfornïya şığanağıKazakh
Калифорния шығанағыKazakh
كالىيفورنىييا شىعاناعىKazakh
Калифорния булуңуKirghiz
깔리포르니아 해Korean
칼리포르니아 만Korean
캘리포니아 만Korean
코르테스 해Korean
Deryaya KortezKurdish
Kendava KalîforniyayêKurdish
کەنداڤا کالیفۆرنیایێKurdish
Sinus CaliforniaeLatin
Kalifornijas līcisLatvian
Kalifornijos įlankaLithuanian
Калифорниски ЗаливMacedonian
Teluk CaliforniaMalay
ഗൾഫ് ഓഫ് കാലിഫോർണിയMalayalam
Baħar ta‘ CortésMaltese
Baħar ta‘ CortezMaltese
Golf ta‘ CaliforniaMaltese
कॅलिफोर्नियाचे आखातMarathi
कॉर्तेझचा समुद्रMarathi
कोर्तेसचा समुद्रMarathi
کالیفرنیا دریاموناMazanderani
California OanMin Nan Chinese
კალიფორნიაშ ჸუჯიMingrelian
Калифорнийн буланMongolian
CaliforniabuktaNorwegian
California-buktaNorwegian Bokmål
CaliforniabuktenNorwegian Bokmål
CaliforniagulfenNorwegian Bokmål
Gulf of CaliforniaNorwegian Bokmål
CaliforniabuktaNorwegian Nynorsk
Golf de CalifòrniaOccitan (post 1500)
ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀPanjabi
خلیج عقبهPersian
خلیج کالیفرنیاPersian
Morze CortésaPolish
Zatoka KalifornijskaPolish
Golful CaliforniaRomanian
Калифорнийский заливRussian
КалифорнияRussian
Море КортесаRussian
Gulf of CaliforniaSerbian
Kalifornijski zalivSerbian
Калифорнијски заливSerbian
Кортезово мореSerbian
Цортезово мореSerbian
Cortezovo moreSerbo-Croatian
Kalifornijski zalivSerbo-Croatian
Kalifornijski zaljevSerbo-Croatian
Kortesovo moreSerbo-Croatian
Kortezovo moreSerbo-Croatian
Kalifornský zálivSlovak
Cortezovo morjeSlovenian
Kalifornijski zalivSlovenian
کالیفورنیا کؤرفزیSouth Azerbaijani
Ghuba ya KaliforniaSwahili
CaliforniavikenSwedish
Cortez havSwedish
CortezhavetSwedish
Golfo de CaliforniaSwedish
KalifornienvikenSwedish
Mar de CortésSwedish
கலிபோர்னியா வளைகுடாTamil
కాలిఫోర్నియా గల్ఫ్Telugu
อ่าวกาลิฟอร์เนียThai
อ่าวแคลิฟอร์เนียThai
California KörfeziTurkish
Cortés DeniziTurkish
Kaliforniya KörfeziTurkish
Каліфорнійська затокаUkrainian
КаліфорніяUkrainian
Море КортесаUkrainian
خلیج کیلی فورنیاUrdu
Kaliforniya qoʻltigʻiUzbek
Vịnh Ca LiVietnamese
Vịnh CaliforniaVietnamese
Vịnh CortésVietnamese
Vịnh CortezVietnamese
Golpo han CaliforniaWaray (Philippines)
Gulf of CaliforniaWaray (Philippines)
Gwlff CalifforniaWelsh
Gwlff CaliforniaWelsh
Môr CortésWelsh
Golf fan KalifornjeWestern Frisian
کیلیفورنیا دی کھاڑیWestern Panjabi
加利福尼亚湾Wu Chinese
איינגאס פון קאליפארניעYiddish
加利福尼亞灣Yue Chinese
California Ayollohko
telo suli Kaliponja
Weyitlapallan Ayollohko
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