Socorro Island
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island in Mexico
Key facts
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Archipelago
- Revillagigedo Islands
- Area
- 132 km (51 sq mi)
- Length
- 16.5 km (10.25 mi)
- Width
- 11.5 km (7.15 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 1,150 m (3770 ft)
- Highest point
- Mount (Cerro) Evermann
- State
- Colima
- Pop density
- 0.34/km (0.88/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcano
- Part of
- Revillagigedo Islands
- Has part
- San Benedicto Island
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Colima
- Population
- 45
- Area
- 14186420.2027
- Elevation
- 920
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Socorro Island.jpg
- Width
- 15.6
- Length
- 16.8
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Encyclopedic overview
Socorro Island (Spanish: Isla Socorro) is a volcanic island in the Revillagigedo Islands, a Mexican possession lying 600 kilometres (370 mi) off the country's western coast. The size is 16.5 by 11.5 km (10.3 by 7.1 mi), with an area of 132 km (51 sq mi). It is the largest of the four islands of the Revillagigedo Archipelago. The last eruption was in 1993.
Geology
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Socorro Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.