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What state is Magdalena Bay in?

Magdalena Bay (Spanish: Bahía Magdalena) is a 50 km (31 mi) long bay in Comondú Municipality along the western coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It is protected from the Pacific Ocean by the unpopulated sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita.



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Its population: over 100,000 Magellanic penguins, who come here every year from October to March to hatch their eggs and rear their young. In 1967 Isla Magdalena was declared a nature reserve, and it's been an official national park since 1983. The only humans who live on the island are the park rangers.

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Magdalena Bay, or Bahía Magdalena in Spanish, is a 50 km long bay, and about 200 km of lagoons and channels on the Pacific side of the Baja California Sur, in the municipality of Comondú.

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