Xazl Iimt Island

Xazl Iimt is the Seri name for Ángel de la Guarda, a long, mountainous island in the northern Gulf of California. It lies off the Baja California Peninsula, separated from it by the Canal de las Ballenas. The Seri name has been translated as “where the pumas live,” and reflects the reach of a coastal people whose knowledge extended across the gulf. Archaeological remains on the island show that its plants and animals were used by Indigenous visitors over a long period.