Mexico calls the states of the peninsula Baja California and Baja California Sur. Alta California, of course, was taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American war, and the Alta part was ditched. So, Gulf of California may sound like a US construction or claim, but it’s not. I’ve mostly only heard it called Golfo de California when in the area, sometimes Mar de Cortés, but mostly for tourist type stuff.
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