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Guadalupe Island - The Hunters and the Hunted

G uadalupe Island or Isla Guadalupe is subdivisions of Ensenada municipality of the men, located on the western coast, specifi-
a volcanic island located 241 kilome- Mexican state of Baja California. Ensenada cally on the north side of West Anchorage, a
tres (150 mi) off the west coast of Mexico’s delegación and Chapultepec delegación bay that provides protection from the strong
Baja California peninsula and some 400 together form the city of Ensenada, the winds and swells that whip the islands dur-
kilometres (250 mi) southwest of the city of municipal seat of the namesake municipal- ing winter. Generators provide electricity,
Ensenada in Baja California state in the Pa- ity. Campo Oeste (“West Camp”, also called and a military vessel brings 30,000 liters of
cific Ocean. Guadalupe is part of Ensenada Campo Tepeyac, with 15 buildings) is a small fresh water. The number of fishermen varies
delegación, one of the 24 delegaciones or community of abalone and lobster fisher- annually depending on the fishing season.