Archipelago of San Bernardo

Group of coastal islands of Colombia in the Caribbean sea

Archipelago of San Bernardo

Native name:

Islas de San Bernardo

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Archipelago of San Bernardo

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Geography
Location| Caribbean Sea
Coordinates| 9°45′28″N 75°46′24″W﻿ / ﻿9.7578°N 75.7734°W﻿ / 9.7578; -75.7734
Adjacent to| Gulf of Morrosquillo
Total islands| 10
Major islands| Tintipán Island, Múcura Island, Palma Island
Area| 213 km2 (82 sq mi)
Administration

Colombia

Department| Bolívar
Sucre (Boquerón Island)

The Archipelago of San Bernardo (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Islas de San Bernardo[1]) is a set of nine[2] coastal coral islands and one artificial island (ten in total)[3] belonging to and governed by Colombia, located in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean Sea, with an approximate area of 213 km2.[4] Administratively, the archipelago belongs to the Bolívar Department,[1] with the exception of Boquerón Island, which belongs to the Sucre Department.[5] It consists of Boquerón Island, Cabruna Island, Ceycén Island, Mangle Island, Múcura Island, Palma Island, Panda Island, Santa Cruz del Islote (English: Santa Cruz Islet, an artificial island), Tintipán Island and Maravilla Island. All the 10 islands are close to the towns of Tolú and Coveñas.[6]

Since 1996, part of the archipelago belongs to the Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park.

Lodging facilities are present on some of the islands, primarily Múcura Island and Palma Island.[3]

## Flora and fauna

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Waters around the islands have fish and turtles, and the islands have significant tropical flora.[2]

## Geography

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Location in Colombia

## See also

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* Colombia portal
* Caribbean portal
* Islands portal

* Caribbean region of Colombia
* Insular region of Colombia
* List of islands of South America

## References

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1. ^ a b "Geografía". Bolívar sí avanza (in Spanish). Government of Bolívar Department. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
2. ^ a b Alegría, Ciro; Varona. Dora (1995). Fábulas y leyendas americanas (in Spanish). Andres Bello. p. 31\. ISBN 9561308886.
3. ^ a b Colombia. Lonely Planet. 2009. p. 186\. ISBN 1742203264.
4. ^ Informe del Estado de los Ambientes Marinos y Costeros en Colombia Año 2000. (in Spanish)
5. ^ "Plan de desarrollo 2008-2011 de San Onofre, Sucre" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mayoralty of San Onofre, Sucre. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 15, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
6. ^ Rincon-Diaz, Martha Patricia; Rodríguez-Zárate, Clara Jimena (December 2004). "Characterization of nesting beaches and feeding areas of marine turtles at the San Bernardo Archipelago, Colombian Caribbean". Volume 33, Number 1. Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research. Retrieved 9 January 2015. ISSN 0122-9761 (in Spanish)

## Further reading

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* Box, Ben (2013). Cartagena & Caribbean Coast. Footprint Travel Guides. pp. 48–49\. ISBN 1909268380.
* "Xestospongia caycedoi Zea & van Soest, 1986". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
* United States Hydrographic Office (1920). Central America and Mexico Pilot (East Coast) from Gallinas Point, Colombia, to the Rio Grande. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 65–66.

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