Punta Banda | |
Type: | Cape |
Map: | Baja California##Mexico |
Location: | Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico |
Range: | Peninsular Ranges |
Type: | --> |
Punta Banda is a prominent cape located southwest of the city of Ensenada in Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico.
Punta Banda forms the southern boundary of the BahÃa de Todos Santos, sheltering the Port of Ensenada from the Southern California Countercurrent. The twin islands of Isla Todos Santos lie about off the northwestern tip of the peninsula, further sheltering the bay.
The peninsula lies on the boundary between the California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion to the northeast, and the Baja California desert to the southwest.[1]
The peninsula is a popular tourist destination for those visiting La Bufadora, the second largest blowhole in the world[2] and the only one in the American continent.[3]