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The Archipelago of San Bernardo ( es, Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Islas de San Bernardo) is a set of nine coastal
coral island
A coral island is a type of island formed from coral detritus and associated organic material. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical areas, typically as part of a coral reef which has grown to cover a far larger area under the sea.
Ecosystem
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s and one artificial island (ten in total) belonging to and governed by Colombia, located in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexic ...
, with an approximate area of 213 km2. Administratively, the archipelago belongs to the Bolívar Department, with the exception of Boquerón Island, which belongs to the Sucre Department
Sucre () is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 904,863, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia. Sucre is bordered by the Caribbean on the northwest; by B ...
. It consists of Boquerón Island, Cabruna Island, Ceycén Island, Mangle Island, Múcura Island, Palma Island, Panda Island, Santa Cruz del Islote
Santa Cruz del Islote ( Spanish for: ''Santa Cruz of the Islet'' or ''Holy Cross of the Islet'') is an artificial island located off the coast of Bolívar Department in Colombia, close to Tolu and Coveñas. It is a part of the Archipelago of S ...
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: Santa Cruz Islet, an artificial island
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), Tintipán Island and Maravilla Island. All the 10 islands are close to the towns Tolu and Coveñas.
Since 1996, part of the archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arch ...
belongs to the Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park
The Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park ( es, Parque Nacional Natural Corales del Rosario y San Bernardo) is a natural park located in the Sucre and Bolívar Departments on the coast of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, 45 ...
.
Lodging facilities are present on some of the islands, primarily Múcura Island and Palma Island.
Flora and fauna
Waters around the islands have fish and turtles, and the islands have significanttropical flora
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
.
Geography
See also
*Caribbean region of Colombia
The Caribbean region of Colombia or Caribbean coast region is in the north of Colombia and is mainly composed of 8 departments located contiguous to the Caribbean.Insular region of Colombia
* List of islands of South America
References
Further reading
* * * Archipelagoes of the Caribbean Sea Geography of Bolívar Department Caribbean islands of Colombia Underwater diving sites in the Caribbean Underwater diving sites in Colombia {{Colombia-geo-stub