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Map of Costa Rica. This is a list of islands of Costa Rica. There are about 79 islands in Costa Rica. [1] Islands
Bahía Drake. Bahía Drake (Drake Bay; Spanish pronunciation:) is a small bay on the north side of the Osa Peninsula on the coast of southwestern Costa Rica.. This bay is believed to be a port used by Sir Francis Drake during his raids on the Spanish Main in the 16th century and the location of one of the British pirate's fabled hidden treasures.
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Costa Rica violated its obligation under general international law by failing to carry out an environmental impact assessment concerning the construction of Route 1856. In June 2016, Costa Rica made an estimation of the damage to be paid of US$6,700,000. It accepted to make a second evaluation of the damages if Nicaragua requested it. [29]
Gulf of Nicoya seen from space (false color) The Gulf of Nicoya (Spanish: Golfo de Nicoya) is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean.It separates the Nicoya Peninsula from the mainland of Costa Rica, and encompasses a marine and coastal landscape of wetlands, rocky islands and cliffs.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City. By the ...
February through April typically have the best underwater visibility. This is also one of the nicest and least developed beaches in Costa Rica. [2] The 600-acre (242-ha) reef is known to have at least 35 species of coral, 140 species of molluscs, 44 species of crustaceans, and 123 species of fish. The outer reef is about 4 km long. [3]
Isla Calero (English: Calero Island) is the largest island in Costa Rica, as well as along the San Juan River, which marks the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The island lies between the San Juan (to the north and west), the Río Colorado of Costa Rica (to the south and southeast), and the Caribbean Sea (to the east and northeast). The ...