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Revillagigedo Islands

American  
[ri-vee-uh-hi-hey-doh ahy-luhndz, ‑-vee‑] / rɪˈvi ə hɪˈheɪ doʊ ˈaɪ ləndz, ‑ˌvi‑ /
Or Revilla Gigedo Islands

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).


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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 Aug. 5, 2018

Why did you go to the Revillagigedo Islands to test the cameras?                    

From National Geographic

The "Southern California" bonito ranges from Alaska to southern Baja California and westward out to the Revillagigedo Islands off Baja's Pacific Coast.

From Time Magazine Archive

This bird ranges from Cape St. Lucas, south along the Pacific coast of Mexico, breeding on the Revillagigedo Islands off the Mexican coast.

From The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. by Reed, Chester A. (Chester Albert)

It is more than two hundred miles west of the Revillagigedo Islands, so they are quite out of the question against the trades, rigged as this boat is.

From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark

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