Punta Banda is a prominent
cape
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located southwest of the city of
Ensenada in
Ensenada Municipality
Ensenada is a municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California. It is the fourth-largest municipality in the country, with a land area of in 2020, making slightly smaller than the state of ...
,
Baja California
Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...
,
Mexico
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.
Geography
Punta Banda forms the southern boundary of the
Bahía de Todos Santos, sheltering the
Port of Ensenada
The Port of Ensenada is a marine freight and cruise terminal in Ensenada, Baja California. This deepwater port lies in Bahia de Todos Santos.
Ships arrive from major ports in Asia, North America, and South America. The port accommodates cruise ...
from the
Southern California Countercurrent. The twin islands of
Isla Todos Santos lie about off the northwestern tip of the peninsula, further sheltering the bay.
Ecology
The peninsula lies on the boundary between the
California coastal sage and chaparral
The California coastal sage and chaparral () is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregion, defined by the World Wildlife Fund, located in southwestern California (United States) and northwestern Baja California (Mexico). It is part o ...
ecoregion to the northeast, and the
Baja California desert
The Baja California desert () is a desert ecoregion of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. This ecoregion occupies the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, and occupies most of the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and Baja Cali ...
to the southwest.
Tourism
The peninsula is a popular tourist destination for those visiting
La Bufadora
La Bufadora is a blowhole and tourist attraction located on the Punta Banda Peninsula in Baja California, Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, ...
, the second largest
blowhole in the world
and the only one in the American continent.
See also
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Punta Colonet, Baja California
Punta Colonet (Chuwílo Ksaay (''dry arroyo'') in the Kiliwa language) is a town located in Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico. Located south of the city of Ensenada, the community is located in an agriculturally productive region of ...
References
Geography of Baja California
Ensenada Municipality
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