Punta Eugenia is a headland in the

Mulegé Municipality Mulegé is a city in Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, situated on the Gulf of California. Located on the Gulf of California, the population was 3,821 according to the Mexican census of 2010. History Indigenous peoples had lived in ...

. It marks the Western tip of the Vizcaíno Peninsula, thus being the westernmost point on the mainland of the

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of Baja California Sur. It belongs to the larger area of

El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve The El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve, created in 1988, is located in Mulegé Municipality in northern Baja California Sur, at the center of the Baja California Peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California. With an area of over ), ...

; it is separated from the mainland of the Baja Peninsula by the Vizcaíno Desert. Infrastructural developments, like the completion of the Vizcaíno-Bahía Tortugas Highway recently allowed for better integration of the traditionally secluded area (Punta Eugenia can be accessed from

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by a

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). Touristically, the area of Punta Eugenia is still largely unexploited. The settlement Punta Eugenia, with 19 inhabitants in 2017, is traditionally populated by native and seasonally recruited fishermen and their families. Fishing industry in the Vizcaíno region annually produces thousands of tons of various species, that are mostly exported to Asia and the North American market. To the Northwest of Punta Eugenia lie Isla Natividad,

Cedros Island Cedros Island (''Isla de Cedros'', "island of cedars" in Spanish) is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the state of Baja California, Mexico. The dry and rocky island had a population of 1,350 in 2005 and has an area of which include ...

and the

Islas San Benito The Islas San Benito lie in the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the Mexican state of Baja California, 25 km west of Cedros Island. They are part of the Cedros Island ''delegación'', a subdivision of Ensenada (municipality), Baja Califo ...

. The pattern of

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s and eddies around Punta Eugenia has been shown to be a significant

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break in the distribution of

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species.

Climate

Punta Eugenia has mild desert climate. Temperature extremes range from on 11 October 1983 to on 9 February 1981. On 4 December 1994, Punta Eugenia received of rain, the wettest day on record.

References

Headlands of Mexico Landforms of Baja California Sur Mulegé Municipality {{BajaCaliforniaSur-geo-stub