Inagua National Park
Inagua National Park
- Country:
- Bahamas
- Site number:
- 892
- Area:
- 32,600.0 ha
- Designation date:
- 07-02-1997
- Coordinates:
- 21°04'59"N 73°19'59"W
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Inagua National Park. 07/02/97; Great Inagua Island; 32,600 ha; 21°05'N 073°20'W. National Park. A permanent lake with scattered islands, a saline lagoon, extensive saltmarshes, dense mangroves, and permanent, brackish marsh. An important area for breeding, passage and wintering for numerous species of waterbirds and particularly important for its breeding colony of over 40,000 Caribbean flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber ruber). The site supports several species of endangered, rare and endemic reptiles and birds. Ramsar site no. 892. Most recent RIS information: 1998.
Administrative region:
Great Inagua Island
National legal designation:
- national park
Last publication date:
01-01-1998
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)