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Pinacate Desert

Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate
y Gran Desierto de Altar
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Reserva de la Biósfera “El Pinacate”.jpg
Aerial view of El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
Map showing the location of Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacatey Gran Desierto de Altar
Location of the Reserve in Mexico
Location Sonora, Mexico
Nearest city Puerto Peñasco
Plutarco Elías Calles
San Luis Río Colorado
Coordinates 32°00′N 113°55′W / 32.000°N 113.917°W / 32.000; -113.917Coordinates: 32°00′N 113°55′W / 32.000°N 113.917°W / 32.000; -113.917
Area 7,146 km2 (2,759 sq mi)
Established June 10, 1993
Governing body Instituto Nacional de Ecología and Tohono O'odham
http://elpinacate.conanp.gob.mx
Official name El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve
Type Natural
Criteria vii, viii, x
Designated 2013 (37th session)
Reference no. 1410
State Party Mexico
Region Latin America and the Caribbean
Official name Agua Dulce
Designated February 2, 2008

El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar), is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site managed by the Federal government of Mexico, specifically by Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with state government of Sonora and the Tohono O'odham.

It is in the Sonoran Desert in Northwest Mexico, east of Gulf of California, in the eastern part Gran Desierto de Altar, just below the border of Arizona, United States and north of the city of Puerto Peñasco. It is one of the most significant visible landforms in North America seen from space. A volcanic system, known as Santa Clara is the main part of the landscape, including three peaks; Pinacate, Carnegie and Medio.

In the area there are over 540 species of plants, 40 species of mammals, 200 of birds, 40 of reptiles, also amphibians and freshwater fishes. There are threatened endemic species as sonoran pronghorn, bighorn sheep, gila monster and desert tortoise.


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