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The San Félix–San Ambrosio Islands temperate forests are a biome located on the small oceanic archipelago known as the Desventuradas Islands [2] [3] The islands form part of the ocean territory of Chile, and are located 850 km from the coast of Chile, and about 750 km north of the Juan Fernández Islands. Due to their remote nature and ...
San Félix may refer to: Isla San Félix, one of the Desventuradas Islands, off the coast of Chile; San Félix District, a district of Chiriquí Province, Panama San Félix, Chiriquí, a corregimiento in San Félix District, Panama; San Felix River in San Félix District, Panama; San Félix, a village in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina
Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa wrote in 1579 that "they are now called after St. Felix and St. Ambor (i.e. Felix and Nabor)". However, the name of the martyr Ambor (Nabor) became confused with that of the more famous bishop Saint Ambrose (San Ambrosio). [8] [9] It is, probably, one of these islands that Captain John Davis struck one night in 1686 ...
The protected areas of Colombia are grouped into the National System of Protected Areas. As of 2018, there are 59 nationally protected areas which cover about 169,545 km 2 (65,462 sq mi) and represent more than 14% of the country's area.
The following is a list of ecoregions in Colombia defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Colombia is considered one of the world's 'megadiverse' countries, and is home to one in ten of the world's plant and animal species. It is ranked first in bird and orchid species diversity, and second in plants, butterflies, freshwater fishes and ...
The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America.It is bordered to the north-west by Panama; to the east by Brazil and Venezuela; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; [1] and it shares maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti.
Salamina is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Caldas.It is located north of the department and has a township called San Felix. It was declared a national monument and historic heritage of mankind.
Chiribiquete National Park – "The Maloca of the Jaguar" was added to the list in 2018 as Colombia's most recent inscription. [3] Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System, is a transnational site and is shared with five other countries. Colombia has a further 13 sites on its tentative list. The country has served on the World Heritage Committee three ...