Marino Ballena National Park

Region	Central Pacific
Town	Manuel Antonio
Creation Date	Jul-17-1992
Area	172 ha
Category	National Park

Atractions and Services

Information	Sea Life	Beaches
Marine Turtles

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Decree

D.E. #19441-mirenem Feb-06-1990 (Annulled By Room IV) D.E. #21294-mirenem Jul-17-1992 Creation

Location

Area of Conservation Bear (ACOsa)

Brief History

it was created to assure the maintenance critical habitats for the reproduction and lays eggs of many marine species and to preserve the productivity of the biological communities that live in the coastal zone. It protects varied ambient like sandy beaches, pedregosas beaches, steep, rocky islands, reefs and organic reefs among others.

Detailed Location

it is located in the Pacific coast, between End Uvita and Punta Piñuela, in the Courteous district, of the corner of Bear, province of Puntarenas,

Natural and Cultural Resources

In its marine atmospheres we found the species common of crabs, worms, lobsters, seaweed, several species of fish, sponges and moluscos like cambute. Also two species of reptiles have been reported: the green iguana and cherepo. Within the marine birds we found the frigates, ibis white, brown pelicans and stupid birds. A geologic formation that calls much the attention to investigators and visitors is the Tómbolo de Punta Uvita, (formed by natural sands on the rock crest that unites the head of the Tómbolo with the coast).

Main Attractions

of more important marine atmospheres of the area, are the organic reefs, commonly calls chorale reef. Are formed by chorales, seaweed coralline and sponges, that consolidates their structure that is porous, with a 50% of empty space. In agreement it grows, channels and cavities form that communicate to each other, factor that allows the coexistence of great variety of species.