Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-03632

Isla Tortuga is 4-km-wide volcanic island located in the Gulf of California, 40 km off the coast of Baja California. The summit contains a 1-km-wide caldera and recent lava flows cover much of the flanks. This 1989 view is from the west. Photo by Marjorie Summers, 1989 (Smithsonian Institution).

Isla Tortuga is 4-km-wide volcanic island located in the Gulf of California, 40 km off the coast of Baja California. The summit contains a 1-km-wide caldera and recent lava flows cover much of the flanks. This 1989 view is from the west.

Photo by Marjorie Summers, 1989 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Isla Tortuga