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60110. Cocos Island(Spanish: Isla del Coco) is an islandin the Pacific Oceanadministered by Costa Rica, approximately 550 km (342 mi; 297 nmi) southwest of the Costa Rican mainland.[2] It constitutes the 11th[3]of the 15 districts of Puntarenas Cantonof the Province of Puntarenas.
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands consist of two flat, low-lying coral atolls with an area of 14.2 square kilometres (5.5 sq mi), 26 kilometres (16 mi) of coastline, a highest elevation of 5 metres (16 ft) and thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation.
574,725 km 2 (221,903 sq mi) Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean . The area is 51,100 km 2 of which 40 km 2 is water. It is slightly smaller than Bosnia and ...
The scalloped hammerhead is a coastal pelagic species; it occurs over continental and insular shelves and in nearby deeper water. It is found in warm temperate and tropical waters, [12] worldwide from 46°N to 36°S. It can be found down to depths over 500 m (1,600 ft), but is most often found above 25 m (82 ft). [13]
Location in Costa Rica. Arenal Volcano National Park ( Spanish: Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal) is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area. The park encompasses the Arenal Volcano, the most active in the country, which was believed to be dormant until a major eruption in ...
Location of the area, labeled ACMC in the Pacific ocean waters of the country. / 5.528056; -87.061111. Cocos Marine Conservation Area ( Spanish: Área de Conservación Marina Cocos (ACMC)) is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation of Cocos Island, in the Pacific Ocean national waters of Costa Rica. [1]
San Lucas Island National Park ( Spanish: Parque Nacional Isla San Lucas) is an island located off the Pacific shore of Costa Rica in the Gulf of Nicoya. It is part of the Puntarenas district [ 1] in the canton and province of the same name. Formerly housing a brutal prison, now abandoned, the island was designated as a National Park in August ...
August Gissler. August Gissler (9 September 1857 in Remscheid – 8 August 1935 in New York City) was a German adventurer and treasure hunter who, with brief interruptions, lived on Cocos Island ( Costa Rica) from 1889 until 1908. Gissler's aim was to find the Golden Madonna of the Treasure of Lima, a solid-gold, gem-encrusted, life-sized image ...