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Revillagigedo Islands

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Revillagigedo Islands (rāvē`yähēhā`thō), archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, c.450 mi (720 km) W of Colima state, Mexico. Socorro (110 sq mi/285 sq km) is the largest island. A volcano on San Benedicto island rose suddenly in 1952. The Mexican flag was officially raised over the islands in 1957.


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2), ranging north to San Diego Bay, California, where its occurrence is associated with E1 Nino events (Lea and Rosenblatt, 2000), and from Mexico south to Lobos de Tierra Island, Peru (6[degrees]27'S); also known from the Galapagos, Malpelo, Cocos, and Revillagigedo islands, but it is unrecorded from Clipperton Atoll (Robertson and Allen, 1996).
The dove was last seen wild in the Revillagigedo Islands, 600 miles off the coast of Mexico, in 1972 after falling prey to feral cats and hunters.
Sheets, Arcadia, black jack, 39-9, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, April 13, 1995.
 
 
 
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