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San Benedicto Island

S an Benedicto, formerly Isla de los Ino- southern part of the island. It forms a typi- jalva in 1533 that charted it as Isla de los Ino-
centes, is an uninhabited island, and cal volcanic crater. It is located between the centes due to this day being the festivity of
third largest island of the Revillagigedo Is- remains of two older craters, Herrera in the the Holy Innocents. In 1542, it was sighted
lands, located in the Pacific ocean. It is 4.8 middle of the island and the Montículo Cin- again by the expedition of Ruy López de
km by 2.4 km in size, with an area 10 km². erítico (“Ash Heap”) in the southwest. There Villalobos. Barcena’s only historic eruption
It is of volcanic origin. It has two prominent is no permanent source of freshwater. First was in 1952, from the El Boquerón vent.
peaks. The tallest peak, Bárcena, rises to a recorder sighting of San Benedicto was by
height of 332 metres (1,089 feet) near the the Spanish expedition of Hernando de Gri-