Gulf of mexico peninsula. It ranges from 40 km 25 miles at its narrowest to 320 km 200 miles at its widest point and has approximately 3000 km 1900 miles of coastline. The coastal zone consists of tidal marshes sandy beaches mangrove covered areas and many bays estuaries and lagoons. Lower california peninsula spanish.
The yucatan peninsula in southeastern mexico separates the caribbean sea from the gulf of mexico with the northern coastline on the yucatan channel. The peninsula lies east of the isthmus of tehuantepec a northeastern geographic partition separating the region of central america from the rest of north america. The gulf of mexico spanish.
The gulf of mexico consists of several ecological and geologic provinces chief of which are the coastal zone the continental shelf the continental slope and the abyssal plain. It is bounded on the northeast north and northwest by the gulf coast of the united states on the southwest and south by the mexican states of tamaulipas veracruz tabasco campeche yucatan and quintana roo and on the southeast by cuba. The baja california peninsula english.
Golfo de mexico is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the atlantic ocean largely surrounded by the north american continent. The peninsula extends 1247 km 775 miles from mexicali baja california in the north to cabo san lucas baja california sur in the south. Peninsula de baja california is a peninsula in northwestern mexico.