Clarion Island
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Isla Clarión, formerly called Santa Rosa, is the second largest, westernmost and most remote of the Revillagigedo Islands, 314 km west of Socorro Island, at . The island is 8.544 km by 3.686 km in size, with an area 19.80 km². It has three prominent peaks. The westernmost and tallest peak, Monte Gallegos, is 335 m high. The central peak is called Monte de la Marina (280 m), and the eastern peak Pico de la Tienda (292 m). The coasts are backed by perpendicular cliffs, 24 to 183 m 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.
