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REVILLAGIGEDO

This article appears in Volume V23, Page 224 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: RAY-RHU
REVILLAGIGEDO , an isolated, uninhabited group of rocky islands in the N. Pacific, lat. 8 N.,
long
 . 112 W., belonging to
Mexico
 , and forming part of the state of Colima.' They are about 420 M. from the Mexican
coast
  and comprise the large
island
  of Socorro (San Tomas), 24 M.
long
  by an
average
  of 9 M. wide, and the three widely'separated islets of San Betiedicto, Roca Partida and Clarion, with a
total
  area of 320 sq. m. The
island
  of Socorro has an
extinct
 
volcano
  366o ft. high. The islands have certain remarkable zoological features, comprising several birds and
reptiles
  allied to those of the Mexican main-land but differing from them in species. The archipelago derives its name from the Spanish viceroy who governed
Mexico
  from 1746 to 1755.


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