OCEANUS - 12-10-2018 at 05:04 PM
Does anyone know the story behind the apparent arbitrary boundary of the Área Natural Protegida Valle de los Cirios along the gulf coast?
The reserve boundary extends from the pacific coast across the peninsula, but falls short of reaching the coast along the Sea of Cortez. For example,
Bahia de Las Animas falls within the area boundary, but San Francisquito is not???
Refer to the Google map in this link:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/%C3%81rea+Natural+Protegid...
Compare that to the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve which is immediately south but its boundaries extend coast to coast.
I'm curious to know the reason for truncating the Valle de Los Cirios boundary.
elgatoloco - 12-10-2018 at 06:05 PM
Switch to satellite view. There is no eastern boundary. 
OCEANUS - 12-11-2018 at 09:48 PM
Yeah...not helpful.
Here is another image of a map from a DOF (Diario Oficial de la Federacion) document that shows the same boundary.
http://www.dof.gob.mx/imagenes_diarios/2013/04/02/MAT/semarn...
It may have something to do with the "no man's land" that share's the same peculiar end point shown on this map illustrating Ejido boundaries:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRaMKYD...
David K - 12-11-2018 at 11:47 PM
Oceanus, any chance you can get links to better quality images? I would love to read the legend and see more detail, but if I zoom in, the image is
too blurred to read.
OCEANUS - 12-12-2018 at 11:04 PM
Here is the link to the document containing the first image in my previous post:
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5294191&fe...
I agree that the image quality is low, making it difficult to interpret when enlarged.
The language in the document refers to an eastern boundary of the 113th meridian. The map key refers to this region east of the 113th as "Zona de
influencia"
My question is simply why did the government decide to end the boundary at the 113th meridian as opposed to extending it to the natural coastline of
that region?
David K - 12-13-2018 at 12:11 AM
Thanks for that link. There is a lot of mine activity and exploration out near Punta San Francisquito. Also, the new power lines are coming across the
gulf near El Barril and heading down to Santa Rosalia to connect to the Baja Sur grid. Maybe that has to be done in a non-protected zone?