Английская Википедия:Conception Island National Park

Материал из Онлайн справочника
Перейти к навигацииПерейти к поиску

Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox protected area

The Conception Island National Park is a protected area in the Bahamas. The island lies between Cat Island to the north and Rum Cay to the south. The vegetation consists of mangrove communities, with typical strand vegetation, and the island is visited by green turtles, sea birds and migrating birds.

The park

The park has a land area of Шаблон:Convert and a maximum altitude of Шаблон:Convert. It is administered by the Bahamas National Trust.[1]

Washington Irving identified Conception Island as the site of one of Christopher Columbus' landfalls during his 1492 voyage, but this early theory was not supported by other historians and writers (either at the time or subsequently), who identified different claimant islands as the site of Columbus's landfall.[2]

Flora and fauna

The island has an extensive area of mangrove-dominated habitat and typical strandline vegetation. It is one of the most important nesting sites for the green sea turtle in the Bahamas and is visited by many migrating birds.[1]

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Шаблон:National parks of The Bahamas


Шаблон:Authority control


Шаблон:Bahamas-geo-stub

  1. 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite book
  2. Wilcomb E. Washburn, "Landfall Controversy" in The Christopher Columbus Encyclopedia, Vol. 1 (ed. Silvio A. Bedin: Simon & Schuster, 1992).