Английская Википедия:Banco Chinchorro

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Stilt houses off the southwestern end of Cayo Centro on Banco Chinchorro

Banco Chinchorro is an atoll reef lying off the southeast coast of the Municipality of Othón P. Blanco in Quintana Roo, Mexico, near Belize. It was featured throughout the 2009 semi-documentary film Alamar by Pedro González-Rubio.

Geography

The reef lies in Mexican waters Шаблон:Convert offshore in the Caribbean Sea, or about Шаблон:Convert east of the city of Chetumal. It is approximately Шаблон:Convert long from north to south, and approximately Шаблон:Convert wide at its widest point. It covers an area of Шаблон:Convert. The atoll has three islands, with an aggregate land area of Шаблон:Convert:

1. Cayo Norte (actually two separate islets) (0.9 km²)
2. Cayo Centro (5.6 km²)
3. Cayo Lobos (southernmost) (0.2 km²)

The natural vegetation of the islands is largely mangrove near the shore shading into open woodland more than Шаблон:Convert from the shore. There is an American crocodile reserve on the southernmost (and biggest) island. The islands (in common with many isolated tropical islands) are thickly populated with small crabs, which are tame and can be trodden on inadvertently by visitors.

Some of the islands are inhabited by fishermen, who live in stilt houses about Шаблон:Convert offshore to circumvent local regulations forbidding private construction.

Shipwrecks

The reef is home to at least nine shipwrecks, including two Spanish Galleons. The names of the known wrecked ships are: SS Caldera, SS Escasell, SS Far Star, SS Ginger Screw, SS Glen View, SS Penelopez, SS San Andreas, and SS Tropic.Шаблон:Citation needed There is also a large ferry from Cozumel that washed up on Chinchorro during Hurricane Wilma.Шаблон:Citation needed

External links

• Ecosistema Ayuntamiento de Othón P. Blanco