Revillagigedo Islands

or Re·vil·la Gi·ge·do Is·lands

[ ri-vee-uh-hi-hey-doh ahy-luhndz, ‑-vee‑; ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. an uninhabited island group belonging to Mexico, in the Pacific Ocean, SSW of the Baja California peninsula: Socorro is the largest island. 320 sq. mi. (830 sq. km).

Example Sentences

Pizzi has operated on the Socorro dove, a beautiful brown bird native to the Revillagigedo Islands off the west coast of Mexico, now extinct in the wild.

From The Guardian

The park covers more than 57,000 square miles, a vast rectangle of ocean encompassing the four Revillagigedo Islands, small volcanic landmasses under Mexico's control that lie about 240 miles southwest of Baja California.

From National Geographic

Stewart spent a lot of time tagging and studying the animals in the Revillagigedo islands, about 240 miles southwest of Cabo San Lucas.

From Los Angeles Times

This year’s World Press Photo winners in the nature categories show that our planet can be both brutal and awe-inspiring: A sunbather in a bikini reads lazily on a Sydney beach as a massive cloud tsunami looms overhead; divers surround a gigantic humpback whale and her newborn calf in the Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico; an orange orangutan climbs over 30 meters up a tree in an Indonesian rainforest.

From Time

The Revillagigedo Islands are ideal for that.

From National Geographic