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 from the mainland.
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  • Type: Sea
  • Description: gulf of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Mexico
  • Also known as: “Baħar ta‘ Cortés”, “Baħar ta‘ Cortez”, “California Ayollohko”, “California-bukta”, “Californiabukten”, “Californiagulfen”, “Californische golf”, “Californiske Golf”, “Californský záliv”, “Cortés Denizi”, “Cortes-See”, “Cortésen Itsasoa”, “Cortesovo more”, “Cortez hav”, “Cortez-See”, “Cortezovo more”, “Cortézovo moře”, “Cortezovo morje”, “Deryaya Kortez”, “Golfo de Kalifornio”, “Golfo della California”, “Gwlff Califfornia”, “Kalifornia Golkoa”, “Kalifornian lahti”, “Kalifornienviken”, “Kortesovo more”, “Kortezovo more”, “Mar Bermejo”, “Mar de Cortes”, “Mar de Cortés”, “Mar de Cortez”, “Mare di Cortés”, “Mare di Cortez”, “Maro de Korteso”, “mer de Cortés”, “mer de Cortès”, “mer de Cortez”, “mer Vermeille”, “Mor Cortes”, “Mor Cortés”, “Môr Cortés”, “Morze Cortésa”, “Sea of Cortes”, “Sea of Cortés”, “Sea of Cortez”, “Vermilion Sea”, “Vịnh Cortés”, “Vịnh Cortez”, “zee van Cortes”, “zee van Cortés”, “Калифорнийския залив”, “Калифорния”, “Каліфорнія”, “Кортезово море”, “Мора Картэса”, “Море Кортеса”, “Цортезово море”, “بحر كورتس”, “خليج كالفورنيا”, “خلیج عقبه”, “कॉर्तेझचा समुद्र”, “कोर्तेसचा समुद्र”, “อ่าวแคลิฟอร์เนีย”, “깔리포르니아 해”, “깔리포르니아해”, “캘리포니아만”, “코르테스 해”, “カリフォルニア湾の島々と保護地域群”, “コルテス海”, “加里弗尼亚海湾”, and “科爾蒂斯海”

Gulf of California

Latitude
27.5578° or 27° 33′ 28″ north
Longitude
-111.7047° or 111° 42′ 17″ west
Named after
Island of California
Open location code
75VCH75W+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305639734
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sea
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­sea
Wiki­data ID
Q132811
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Gulf of California” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Golf van Kalifornië”
  • Arabic: “خليج كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Կալիֆոռնիական ծոց”
  • Armenian: “Կալիֆոռնիայի ծոց”
  • Asturian: “Golfu de California”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kaliforniya körfəzi”
  • Bashkir: “Калифорния ҡултығы”
  • Basque: “Kaliforniako golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Каліфарнійская затока”
  • Belarusian: “Каліфарнійскі заліў”
  • Bengali: “ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া উপসাগর”
  • Bosnian: “Kalifornijski zaliv”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor California”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor Kalifornia”
  • Bulgarian: “Калифорнийски залив”
  • Catalan: “golf de Califòrnia”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Califòrnia”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەنداوی کالیفۆرنیا”
  • Chinese: “加利福尼亚湾”
  • Chinese: “加利福尼亞灣”
  • Chuvash: “Калифорни кӳлмекĕ”
  • Croatian: “Kalifornijski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Kalifornský záliv”
  • Danish: “Californiske Bugt”
  • Danish: “Cortezhavet”
  • Dutch: “golf van Californië”
  • Dutch: “Golf van Californië”
  • Esperanto: “Kalifornia Golfo”
  • Estonian: “California laht”
  • Fiji Hindi: “California ke khaarri”
  • Finnish: “Kalifornianlahti”
  • French: “golfe de Californie”
  • French: “Golfe de Californie”
  • Galician: “Golfo de California”
  • Georgian: “კალიფორნიის ყურე”
  • German: “Golf von Kalifornien”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος της Καλιφόρνια”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος της Καλιφόρνιας”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ קליפורניה”
  • Hindi: “कैलिफ़ोर्निया की खाड़ी”
  • Hungarian: “Kaliforniai-öböl”
  • Icelandic: “Kaliforníuflói”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk California”
  • Italian: “Golfo di California”
  • Japanese: “カリフォルニア湾”
  • Kazakh: “Kalïfornïya şığanağı”
  • Kazakh: “Калифорния шығанағы”
  • Kazakh: “كالىيفورنىييا شىعاناعى”
  • Kirghiz: “Калифорния булуңу”
  • Korean: “칼리포르니아 만”
  • Korean: “칼리포르니아만”
  • Korean: “캘리포니아 만”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Kalîforniyayê”
  • Kurdish: “کەنداڤا کالیفۆرنیایێ”
  • Latin: “Sinus Californiae”
  • Latvian: “Kalifornijas līcis”
  • Lithuanian: “Kalifornijos įlanka”
  • Macedonian: “Калифорниски Залив”
  • Malay: “Teluk California”
  • Malayalam: “ഗൾഫ് ഓഫ് കാലിഫോർണിയ”
  • Maltese: “Golf ta‘ California”
  • Maltese: “Golf ta’ California”
  • Marathi: “कॅलिफोर्नियाचे आखात”
  • Mazanderani: “کالیفرنیا دریامونا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “California Oan”
  • Mingrelian: “კალიფორნიაშ ჸუჯი”
  • Mongolian: “Калифорнийн булан”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Californiabukta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Californiabukta”
  • Norwegian: “Californiabukta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Golf de Califòrnia”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੈਲੀਫ਼ੋਰਨੀਆ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ”
  • Persian: “خلیج کالیفرنیا”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Kalifornijska”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo da Califórnia”
  • Romanian: “Golful California”
  • Russian: “Калифорнийский залив”
  • Serbian: “Kalifornijski zaliv”
  • Serbian: “Калифорнијски залив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kalifornijski zaliv”
  • Slovak: “Kalifornský záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Kalifornijski zaliv”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کالیفورنیا کؤرفزی”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de California”
  • Swahili: “Ghuba ya Kalifornia”
  • Swedish: “Californiaviken”
  • Tamil: “கலிபோர்னியா வளைகுடா”
  • Telugu: “కాలిఫోర్నియా గల్ఫ్”
  • Thai: “อ่าวกาลิฟอร์เนีย”
  • Turkish: “California Körfezi”
  • Turkish: “Kaliforniya Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Каліфорнійська затока”
  • Urdu: “خلیج کیلی فورنیا”
  • Uzbek: “Kaliforniya qoʻltigʻi”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Ca Li”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Golpo han California”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff California”
  • Western Frisian: “Golf fan Kalifornje”
  • Western Panjabi: “کیلیفورنیا دی کھاڑی”
  • Wu Chinese: “加利福尼亚湾”
  • Yiddish: “איינגאס פון קאליפארניע”
  • Yue Chinese: “加利福尼亞灣”
  • “telo suli Kaliponja”
  • “Weyitlapallan Ayollohko”

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