🦎 Cayos Miskitos

Nicaragua · Americas · Nature Reserve · 14.38°N, 82.77°W

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Cayos Miskitos
The Miskito Cays are an archipelago of small cays and reefs with an area of 27 km2 located off Mosquito Coast in the Caribbean exclusive economic zones of Honduras and Nicaragua. They are part of the Gracias a Dios Department in Honduras and the North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region in Nicaragua. The Miskito Cays are composed of 76 formations that include estuaries, coral reefs, cays, seagrass beds, and islets, of which 12 of the formations are covered with vegetation and consequently form islands which are lined with white sand beaches.

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Quick facts

CountryNicaragua
Continent / regionAmericas
Protection type🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)14.38°N, 82.77°W · view on map

Cayos Miskitos is a nature reserve in Nicaragua, in Americas. The details of why Cayos Miskitos is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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Reserva de la Biosfera Bosawás · Volcán Maderas · Miraflor Natural Reserve · Pearl Cays · Sistema Lagunar de Tisma · Sierra Quirragua Natural Reserve · Llanos de Apacunca Genetic Reserve.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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