Conception Island is an
islet
An islet ( ) is generally a small island. Definitions vary, and are not precise, but some suggest that an islet is a very small, often unnamed, island with little or no vegetation to support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/ ...
located in
the Bahamas
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic and island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean. It contains 97 per cent of the archipelago's land area and 88 per cent of ...
. It is and reaches
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level ...
.
It is an important rookery for nesting seabirds and hatching site for green turtles. It is uninhabited and protected as part of the
Conception Island National Park.
In 2015, a species of
boa
Boa, BoA, or BOA may refer to:
Snakes
* Any member of the Boidae, a family of medium to large, non-venomous, constricting snakes
** Any member of the Boinae, a subfamily of boid snakes
*** Any member of ''Boa'' (genus), a group of boid snakes
* ...
called the
Conception Bank silver boa (''Chilabothrus argentum'') was found to occur here;
the new species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Conception as well as its satellite islets.
See also
*
Geography of the Bahamas
The Bahamas are a group of about 700 islands and cays in the western Atlantic Ocean, of which only between 30 and 40 are inhabited. The largest of the islands is Andros Island, located north of Cuba and southeast of Florida. The Bimini isla ...
References
External links
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Diving at Conception Island
Uninhabited islands of the Bahamas
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