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Archipelago of San Bernardo
Archipiélago de San Bernardo
The Archipelago of San Bernardo (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Islas de San Bernardo) is a set of nine coastal coral islands and one artificial island (ten in total) belonging to and governed by Colombia, located in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean Sea, with an approximate area of 213 km2.
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The Archipelago of San Bernardo (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Islas de San Bernardo) is a set of nine coastal coral islands and one artificial island (ten in total) belonging to and governed by Colombia, located in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean Sea, with an approximate area of 213 km2. Administratively, the archipelago belongs to the Bolívar Department, with the exception of Boquerón Island, which belongs to the Sucre Department. It consists of Boquerón Island, Cabruna Island, Ceycén Island, Mangle Island, Múcura Island, Palma Island, Panda Island, Santa Cruz del Islote (English: Santa Cruz Islet, an artificial island), Tintipán Island and Maravilla Island. All the 10 islands are close to the towns of Tolú and Coveñas. Since 1996, part of the archipelago belongs to the Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Natural Park. Lodging facilities are present on some of the islands, primarily Múcura Island and Palma Island.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands3
- Islets10
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Tintipán Island
- Area
- 2.6 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Tintipán Island (Spanish: Isla Tintipán) is a coral island located in the Archipelago of San Bernardo, Gulf of Morrosquillo, Caribbean Sea. It is governed by Colombia as part of Cartagena de Indias (76km).
Múcura Island
- Area
- 0.31 km²
- High point
- 11 m
Múcura Island (Isla Múcura) is a coral island located in the Archipelago of San Bernardo, Gulf of Morrosquillo, Caribbean Sea. It is governed by Colombia, and is a part of the District of Cartagena de Indias.
Minor islands
Isla Palma
- Area
- 0.27 km²
- High point
- 13 m
Isla Boquerón
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 7 m
Isla Ceycén
- Area
- 0.12 km²
- High point
- 8 m
Islets
- Isla Mangle11 m · 0.03 km²
- Panda7 m · 0.02 km²
- Santa Cruz del Islote2 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island7 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island3 m · 1 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.6 ha
- Cabruna3 m · 0.6 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.2 ha
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Comparative heights
- Tintipán: 13 m
- Isla Palma: 13 m
- Múcura: 11 m
- Isla Mangle: 11 m
- Isla Ceycén: 8 m
- Isla Boquerón: 7 m
- Panda: 7 m
- Cabruna: 3 m
- Santa Cruz del Islote: 2 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Tintipán Island | 2.6 km² |
| Múcura Island | 0.31 km² |
| Isla Palma | 0.27 km² |
| Isla Boquerón | 0.12 km² |
| Isla Ceycén | 0.12 km² |
| Isla Mangle | 0.03 km² |
| Panda | 0.02 km² |
| Santa Cruz del Islote | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Cabruna | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
Photographs
Beach at Islas de San Bernardo
Mangle island from Tintipán
mucura DSC03477
Isla Palma archipiélago de San Bernardo
San Bernardo Islands. Birds arriving at dusk to get safe of predators, Colombia.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Islas de San Bernardo beach. Uhkabu / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Isla Mangle desde Tintipan. Ulughmuztagh / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mucura DSC03477 (33860714012). Carlos Felipe Pardo from Bogota, Colombia / CC BY 2.0
- The San Bernardo Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea (Copernicus 2024-01-13). European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery / Attribution
- The San Bernardo Archipelago in the Caribbean Sea (Copernicus 2024-01-13). European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery / Attribution
- Isla Palma archipiélago de San Bernardo - panoramio. aPreciosdeRemate / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Islas San Bernardo. User: (WT-shared) CONOCER at wts wikivoyage / CC BY-SA 3.0