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Ambergris Caye (/ æ m ˈ b ɜːr ɡ r ɪ s ˈ k iː / am-BUR-gris KEE; Spanish: Cayo Ambergris), is the largest island of Belize, located northeast of the country's mainland, in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long from north to south, and about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) wide.
Marco Gonzalez is a Maya archaeological site located near the southern tip of Ambergris Caye off the coast of Belize.It was first recorded in 1984 by Drs. Elizabeth Graham and David M. Pendergast, and was named by them after their local guide.
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San Pedro is a town on the southern part of the island of Ambergris Caye in the Belize District of the nation of Belize, in Central America. According to the 2015 mid-year estimates, the town has a population of about 16,444. [4] It is the second-largest town in the Belize District and largest in the Belize Rural South constituency. The once ...
Caye Caulker is located in the beautiful world heritage Belize Barrier Reef Image 7 A view at Laughing Bird Caye Image 8 San Pedro Beach in Ambergris Caye , Belize, 2007
Mexico Rocks is a shallow patch reef complex located off the far northern tip of Ambergris Caye, and is part of the Belize Barrier Reef system in the Caribbean Sea.The site consists of approximately 100 Holocene patch reefs clustered on a Pleistocene ridge of limestone and is composed predominantly of boulder star corals (Montastraea annularis). [1]
Belize became the first country in the world to completely ban bottom trawling in December 2010. [4] [5] In December 2015, Belize banned offshore oil drilling within 1 km of the Barrier Reef. [6] Despite these protective measures, the reef remains under threat from oceanic pollution as well as uncontrolled tourism, shipping, and fishing.
Rocky Point, within Bacalar Chico, is the only location in Belize where the barrier reef meets the shore. The point is ‘rocky’ because a fossilized Pleistocene reef lies exposed at the surface. Within the park, all five species of cats native to Belize have been recorded, including the jaguar and puma.