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Isla Clarión, formerly called Santa Rosa, is the second largest, westernmost and most remote of the Revillagigedo Islands (part of Mexico, specifically the state of Colima), located west of Socorro Island and over from the Mexican mainland. It has an area of 〔(), page 35 〕 and three prominent peaks. The westernmost and tallest peak, Monte Gallegos, is high. The central peak is called Monte de la Marina, , and the eastern peak Pico de la Tienda . The coasts are backed by perpendicular cliffs, high, with the exception of the middle part of the southern coast in the vicinity of Bahia Azufre (Sulphur Bay), which is the location of a small military garrison manned by 9 men. Two small and at least temporarily brackish pools are the only source of freshwater; even these may dry up in summers with little rain.〔 == History == Clarión Island was discovered in late 1542 by the Spanish navigator Ruy López de Villalobos, but with the exception of a possible re-sighting of the Revillagigedos by Juan Fernández de Ladrillero before 1574 and a short-lived residence by the adventurer Martín Yáñez de Armida on the island he later renamed Socorro (1606), the archipelago was neglected by the Spaniards. Joris van Spilbergen's sighting of the whole group in December 1615 seems not to have been noted in Spain or its American colonies. Clarion was sighted again by the English privateer George Shelvocke on the ''Speedwell'', August 21, 1721. The name of the island goes back to the American brig ''Clarion'', Capt. Henry Gyzelaar, who was engaged in the North Pacific trade around 1820.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarion Island」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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