High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Coordinates: 32°28?41?N 119°12?54?W? / ?32.478000°N 119.215000°W? / 32.478000; -119.215000 Cortes Bank is a shallow seamount - a barely submerged island in the North Pacific Ocean. It is about 100 miles (166 kilometers) west of Point Loma San Diego, USA, and about 50 miles (82 kilometers) south-west of San Clemente Island. It is considered the outermost feature in California's Channel Islands chain. At various times during geologic history, the Bank has been an island - depending on sea level rise and fall. The last time it was a substantial island was around 10,000 years ago during the last ice age. It is quite possible that this island was visited by the first human inhabitants of the Channel Islands - most notably San Clemente Island, whose seafaring residents would have been able to see "Cortes Island" from high elevations on clear days. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде...

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