Talk:Malpelo Island

Factual error: 314 mi/300 km
The article states that Malpelo is 314 mi off Columbia's coast, but then says it's 300 km offshore. In fact, it appears to be about 235 mi or 379 km from the nearest point on the Colombian coast, or 285 mi (459 km) directly west from the coast. My measurements were done with Google Earth and may not be accurate, but in any case 314 mi is not compatible with 300 km. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unconventional (talk • contribs) 09:37, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

a circular area of radius 9.656 kilometres (6.000 mi)
it's not *that* big, is it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.143.218.130 (talk) 16:33, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
 * That is the diameter of the Malpelo Nature Reserve, which includes ocean surrounding Malpelo Island. As a result, this nature reserve is significantly larger than the island. Paul H. (talk) 13:21, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Paul H. Diameter or radius? Fon butterfly (talk) 09:28, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * OMG, this has been commented on 14 years ago, and still not corrected!
 * The diameter or radius: in this case it doesn't matter! Let's be forgiving, and assume 6000 miles diameter, or 3000 miles radius. This means New York City is well within Malpelo Nature Reserve (World Trade Center in Manhattan is at 2578 miles from Malpelo). Erm, that's highly unlikely, to be very gentle... 82.1.230.96 (talk) 23:14, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * UNESCO's Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary page lists the marine environment as covering 857,150 hectares (plus another 350 hectares for the land area); that works out to about 8,575 square kilometers, which at some point might have been interpreted as kilometers and then rounded up. I'm going to look at adjusting the page to talk about total area and not radius/diameter. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 23:37, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Looking at this again, it's 9.656 km and 6 mi; I think there's a confusion in the use of a . or a, for the decimal point. The original addition in 2006 is clear it was a 6 mi radius, not 6000 mi. Based on the area listed on the UNESCO page, that has increased to a radius of about 52 km since then. —Carter (Tcr25) (talk) 00:03, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

5000 fathoms is impossible
I don't know how deep it is but it's not 9144 meters! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.140.180 (talk) 22:02, 6 September 2014 (UTC)