🌲 Cíes Islands

Spain · Europe · National Park · 42.23°N, 8.90°W

The Cíes Islands are an archipelago off the coast of Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain, in the mouth of the Ria de Vigo. They were declared a Nature Reserve in 1980 and are included in the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park created in 2002.

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Quick facts

Country	Spain
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🌲 National Park
Coordinates (approx.)	42.23°N, 8.90°W · view on map

Cíes Islands is a national park in Spain, in Europe. The details of why Cíes Islands is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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