wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronado_Islands
The Coronado Islands, Islas Coronado
group of islands located 13 km (8.1 mi) off the northwest coast of the Mexican state of Baja California. Battered by the wind and waves, the rocky islands are mostly uninhabited except for a small military detachment and a lighthouse keeper. Despite their barren appearance, they serve as a refuge for seabirds and support a sizable number of plants, including 6 endemic taxa found only on the islands. The waters around the islands support a considerable amount of diverse marine life.
Used extensively and intermittently by the indigenous peoples for thousands of years, the first European explorers sighted them in 1542. Centuries later, they served as weekend getaway locations, secret gambling spots, and smuggling sites until the Mexican Navy clamped down on trespassing. The tied island city of Coronado, California, 17-miles to the north, was named in honor of the islands after an 1886 naming competition.
In the 1920s and 1930s, during prohibition, the cove on the northeast side of South Coronado Island was used as a meeting place for alcohol smugglers. Since it was the time before radar, and as foggy nights are common on the islands, the large number of boats frequently resulted in collisions. There was so much traffic that a famous casino, an elaborately constructed two-story building known as the Coronado Islands Yacht Club, flourished well into the Depression. The casino was forced to change trajectory after the Mexican government made gambling illegal only eighteen months after it opened, re-opening the next year as a weekend getaway hotel. It later served as a garrison for Mexican soldiers who had their provisions shipped from the mainland. The structure was ultimately destroyed in the high winds and waves of a storm in 1988. Only the stone foundation remains though the name Smugglers Cove, and more rarely Casino Cove, adorn modern maps.
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Administration: Mexico
State: Baja California
thank you so much for this, looks great! Wonder if you would be up to work on "the settle" is a Landmark in Northern Mexico's city of Monterrey. Will add a link so you can see it https://www.mexicoenfotos.com/estados/nuevo-leon/monterrey/panoramica-del-cerro-de-la-silla-MX12714397619891
2 years ago
ramiroquai78
Thank you very much. I flew out that way this morning in the sim and awas surprised they were missing.
2 years ago
FireRx