Veracruz Reef System National Park ( es, Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano National Marine Park) is a national marine park and protected area located in

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The park was established in 1994 and covers a total area of approximately , divided into two polygons: the Veracruz Polygon, which comprises seven

reef A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral or similar relatively stable material, lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water. Many reefs result from natural, abiotic processes— deposition of sand, wave erosion planing down rock out ...

s and two islands, and the Antón Lizardo Polygon, with 12 reefs and four islands.

Gallery

File:Ocean From Enmedio Island (232798967).jpeg, View from Enmedio Island File:Pelecanus occidentalis, Veracruz, México (154140527).jpg, Brown pelican File:Isla Santiaguillo, Veracruz, Mexico Faro2.jpg, Lighthouse in Santiaguillo Island File:Hypoplectrus castroaguirrei (10.3897-zookeys.882.38449) Figure 14 (cropped).jpg, Mero blanco veracruzano

References

National parks of Mexico Ramsar sites in Mexico Protected areas of Veracruz Marine parks of Mexico Important Bird Areas of Mexico {{Veracruz-geo-stub