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California Bay, Mexico
Summary
Also known as Gulf of California or Sea of Cortés. Stretches southeast from mouth of Colorado River about eight hundred miles. Separates Baja California from Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico. First Spanish explorers reached gulf, ca. 1534. Brigham Young indicated JS’s wish for head of bay to be site of eventual Saints’ settlement, 1845.
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- Country:
- Mexico
- Alternate Names
- Gulf of California
- Sea of Cortés