Isla Natividad

Isla Natividad is an island in the Pacific Ocean 6 km west off Punta Eugenia, the northwestern headland of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.

At the 2001 census,[2] the island had a population of 384, centered in Natividad, a community of abalone, lobster, and clam fishermen, at the southeastern end (27°51′09″N 115°10′09″W / 27.85250°N 115.16917°W / 27.85250; -115.16917).

It has steep rocky shores fringed by rocks and kelp except for a small sandy beach towards the mainland.

The flora consists mainly of a dense cover of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum and M. nodiflorum, cacti, and small shrubs.

Native land vertebrates are few, including the deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus and some lizards.

Annotated Space Shuttle photo of Cedros Island,
Isla Natividad at the bottom