🌿 Cocos Island National Park

Costa Rica · Americas · Natural · 5.53°N, 87.07°W

Cocos Island is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately 550 km southwest of the Costa Rican mainland. It constitutes the 11th of the 15 districts of Puntarenas Canton of the Province of Puntarenas. With an area of approximately 23.85 km2 (9.21 sq mi), the island is roughly rectangular in shape. It is the southernmost point of geopolitical North America if non-continental islands are included, and the only landmass above water on the Cocos tectonic plate.

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Quick facts

Country	Costa Rica
Continent / region	Americas
List type	🌿 Natural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	5.53°N, 87.07°W · view on map

Cocos Island National Park is a natural World Heritage site in Costa Rica, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Cocos Island National Park was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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