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The park has an area of 120,000 square kilometres (46,332 square miles), from the line of the highest tide to the beryl [clarification needed] of the 50 metres (164 feet) of depth, it extends from the underwater platform and the coral reefs west from the Island of Barú, the reefs of the archipelagos of Nuestra Señora del Rosario and San Bernardo and the underwater platform in between, as ...
It was established in 1977 to protect the coral reef on one of the islands in the Islas del Rosario archipelago, originally extending 178 km 2 (69 sq mi). In 1988, an area of 195 km 2 (75 sq mi) was incorporated, and finally in 1996 the park was expanded to the present area, 1,200 km 2 (460 sq mi), including Archipelago of San Bernardo .
Places I loved were El Rosario Church, the volcanic crater at El Boquerón National Park, and the colorful slide at Picnic Steak House. ... I saw the giant tortoises on Prison Island and did some ...
Rondo Island – Northernmost island in Indonesia; Rosario Islands – Caribbean archipelago off the coast of Colombia; Rottnest Island – Island off the coast of Western Australia; Safaga – Town on the Red Sea coast of Egypt; San Andrés (island) – One of the two principal islands of San Andrés and Providencia, Colombia
The Archipelago of San Bernardo (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Islas de San Bernardo [1]) is a set of nine [2] coastal coral islands and one artificial island (ten in total) [3] belonging to and governed by Colombia, located in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean Sea, with an approximate area of 213 km 2. [4]
This stretch of coastline is bathed by crystal clear waters suitable for scuba diving and snorkeling. Beyond the Acandí Township, and bordering half of the Caribbean Colombian coast to the archipelago of San Bernardo in the Gulf of Morrosquillo, the sea is dark by the action of the mighty Atrato river and Sinú river .
Some sources state there are close to 300 [1] beaches in Puerto Rico, while other sources count up to 1,200. [2] Whatever the number, the Government of Puerto Rico officially recognized 248 of them. [3]
Fishermen who caught B. vaderi were deep-sea trawling in the South China Sea about 50 nautical miles offshore of the city of Quy Nhon in south-central Vietnam, which is west of the Spratly Islands.