Ma ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i ke koena o ka Lepupalika ʻo Mekiko, ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia ka penikala ʻo Baja Kaleponi me nā wahi kūlohelohe he nui a ʻokoʻa hoʻi e makemake ana i kāna wahi mākaʻikaʻi nui.
Ma ka hema o ka peninsula, ma Baja California Sur, aia kahi o nā wahi pale nui loa o ka honua me ka hoʻonui ʻia o 2, 546, 790 hectare, kona inoa ʻo El Vizcaíno, no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ke kanaka i hoʻomaka i kahi huakaʻi ma ke kahakai ʻo Mekiko Pacific. ʻO Sebastian Vizcaíno, koa, luina a me ka adventurer nāna i ʻimi e naʻi i nā Kaleponi. ʻO kāna huakaʻi, lawe ʻia i ka hopena o Kenekulia 16 a me kenekulia 17, he mau huakaʻi koʻikoʻi e hoʻoholo i ka kālaihonua o ka Penikala ʻo Baja Kaleponi (he mokupuni ma mua), a me kona waiwai kūlohelohe.
ʻO El Vizcaíno, aia ma ke kaona o Mulege ʻO ia kekahi o nā ʻelima kūlohelohe i mahele ʻia ai ka peni; hohola mai nā kuahiwi o ʻO Saint Francis lāua ʻo Saint Martha i nā mokupuni a me nā mokupuni o ka Moana Pākīpika, e pili pū ana me nā Desert Vizcaíno, Guerrero Negro, Ojo de Liebre Lagoon, Delgadito Island, San Ignacio Island, Pelícano Islands, San Roque Island, Asunción Island and Natividad Island, i waena o kekahi.
Ua haʻi ʻia ma Waihona Biosfir ka Nowemapa 30, 1988, He wahi maloo ko ka Vizcaíno ʻano, mehana, me ka ua nui i ka hoʻoilo; ma kēia ʻāina pā mai nā makani anuanu mai ke kai a i ka ʻāina nui. Loaʻa i nā wahi nā kaiaolaola like ʻole mai nā ʻāina semi-wao akua a i nā kuahiwi kahakai, nā bakau a me nā kahawai kahaha kahaha nui, e like me Saint Ignatius a me ka maka o Hare, ka mea, i kēlā me kēia makahiki, kipa ʻia e ka mea kaulana Kohola hina, e neʻe mai ka wai polar o ka ʻākau i kēia mau kahakai i mea e hoʻohua ai a hāpai aʻe i kā lākou keiki bipi.
Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ma El Vizcaíno i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia kahi helu nui o nā mea kanu ʻōiwi a me nā holoholona o ka ʻāina, a ʻoi aku ka nui o ia mea, ʻoiai no ka makaʻu ʻana o kekahi o lākou i ka make, e like me ka hihia o ka honu leatherback a o ka ʻākeʻe, o ka nā sila a me nā dolphins; noho nō lākou ma laila pelicans, cormorants, duck, gula ʻaeto a me nā peregrine falcons; pumas, pronghorn, hare a me nā hipa bighorn kaulana.
Ma muli o ka mea i luna a ma muli o ke kūlana kūlohelohe i loaʻa, ka UNESCO ua hoʻolaha ʻo El Vizcaíno as Ka Hoʻoilina o ke Kanaka o ka Honua, i ka makahiki 1993, inoa hou, a no ka haʻaheo o Mekiko, hoʻokiʻekiʻe aʻe i ko mākou ʻāina i ka ʻaha mele o nā mea kupaianaha nui a Mother Nature i hāʻawi aku ai i ka honua.
ʻO ka Kahu Waihona El Vizcaíno Aia ia ma 93 km ma ka hikina hema o Guerrero Negro, ma ke alaloa no. 1, hoʻololi i ka ʻākau ma km 75, a Bahía Asunción, i ke kaona ʻo El Vizcaíno.
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