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Scorpion Reef
Native name: Arrecife Alacranes
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Scorpion Reef
Geography
Location	Gulf of Mexico Progreso Municipality Yucatán, Mexico
Coordinates	22°22′58″N 89°40′57.8″W / 22.38278°N 89.682722°W / 22.38278; -89.682722
Archipelago	Campeche Bank
Total islands	5
Major islands	Isla Pérez
Administration
Mexico


Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes
Designated	2 February 2008
Reference no.	1820

Scorpion Reef (Spanish: Arrecife Alacranes) is an atoll containing a small group of islets in the Gulf of Mexico, about 125 kilometres (78 mi; 67 NM) off the northern coast of the state of Yucatán, Mexico. Designated a national park, the reef is part of the Campeche Bank archipelago and is the largest reef in the southern Gulf of Mexico. It contains five main vegetated islands: Isla Pérez, Isla Desertora, Isla Pájaros, Isla Chica, and Isla Desterrada. Isla Pérez is the only inhabited island and includes a lighthouse. The reef, including its islets and surrounding waters, has been recognised as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a population of magnificent frigatebirds.

History

The British postal steamer Tweed was wrecked on the reef en route from Havana to Veracruz in 1847, with the loss of 72 lives and a cargo of mercury.

References

"Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
"Alacranes Reef". Yucatan Today. 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ "Arrecife Alacrán". GulfBase. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Ecología" (in Spanish). Parque Marino Nacional Arrecife Alacranes. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
"Arrecife Alacranes". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
"The Wreck of the West India Ship Tweed". The Times. No. 19519. London. 9 April 1847. col A-E, p. 5.
Alone in Mexico: The astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848. University of Alabama Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8173-1588-7.

External links

Website of Park (dead link; archive)

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