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Bonaire (/ b ɒ ˈ n ɛər / bon-AIR, [7] Dutch: [boːˈnɛːr(ə)] ⓘ; [8] Papiamento: Boneiru [bʊˈne̝i̯ru]) is a Caribbean island in the Leeward Antilles, and is a special municipality (officially "public body") of the Netherlands. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west coast of the island.
The ABC islands is the physical group of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.These islands have a shared political history and a status of Dutch underlying ownership, since the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 ceded them back to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Curaçao and Dependencies from 1815.
A map of the Dutch settlements of Surinam, Demerary, Issequibo, Berbices, and the islands of Curassoa, Aruba, Bonaire, &c., with the French colony of Cayenne, and the adjacent Spanish countries, taken from a map executed under the patronage of the ...
Aerial photo of Klein Bonaire. The national park covers the waters around Bonaire from the high water mark to a depth of 60 meters. [5] Also some coastal stretches with mangrove forests, for example in the lagoon Lac. Part of the park is also the uninhabited island of Klein Bonaire.
Sometimes it only takes one visit to convince visitors to pack up their belongings and move to Bonaire permanently. Find out what makes this Dutch Caribbean island so irresistible.
Detailed map showing Sint-Maarten. The Netherlands Antilles was a constituent country in the Caribbean Sea. It consisted of two island groups, the ABC islands Curaçao, Bonaire and (until 1986) Aruba just north of Venezuela, and the SSS islands east of the Virgin Islands. [1]
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Washington Slagbaai National Park is a national park and ecological reserve on the northwestern part of the island of Bonaire in the Caribbean Netherlands. [1] The 5,643 hectares (21.79 sq mi) park covering approximately a fifth of the island of Bonaire is managed by STINAPA Bonaire, a non-profit foundation, on behalf of the Bonaire government.