 Dos Mosquises Islands, Los Roques Archipelago | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lesser Antilles Caribbean Sea |
| Coordinates | 11°47′55″N 66°53′18″W / 11.79861°N 66.88833°W / 11.79861; -66.88833 |
| Archipelago | Los Roques |
| Administration | |
| Venezuela | |
| Federal Entity | Federal dependencies of Venezuela |
Dos Mosquises are two islands that form part of the Los Roques archipelago, are administratively part of the Francisco de Miranda Island Territory (Federal Dependencies of Venezuela), and are located in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.
Location
They are in the north of Venezuela, in the southwest of "Los Roques National Park". North of Cayo Sal and Cayo Pelona, southeast of Cayo de Agua and Bequevé, and southwest of Gran Roque.
Member Islands
These are two keys or islands very close to each other:
- North Dos Mosquises (Dos Mosquises Norte)
- South Dos Mosquises (Dos Mosquises Sur)
Research Station
Cayo Dos Mosquises Sur, unlike other cays of Los Roques, has the particularity of housing a Marine Biology Research Station built in 1976 and managed by the Los Roques Scientific Foundation (Fundación Científica Los Roques). In addition to having several research facilities, they have a sea turtle breeding and protection program, which makes the key be visited by specialists from various parts of the world.
On the island there is an ongoing educational program to raise awareness about the importance of conserving the Los Roques ecosystem.
See also
References
- Brushaber, Susan; Greenberg, Arnold (October 1997). Venezuela Alive. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-55650-800-4.
- Cortés, J. (25 April 2003). Latin American Coral Reefs. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-053539-5.
- Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico (in Spanish). El Instituto. 2007.
- "Dos Mosquises: su diferencia a otros cayos es la crianza y protección de tortugas marinas". Venelogía (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- Fernández, Francisco; Gasson, Rafael (1993). Contribuciones a la arqueología regional venezolana (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Acta Científica Venezolana.
