🌿 Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary

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Malpelo is an oceanic island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 500 km (310 mi) west of the Colombian mainland with a military post defended by the Colombian Armed Forces. It consists of a sheer and barren rock with three high peaks, the highest being the 300 m (980 ft) Cerro de la Mona. The island is about 1.5 kilometres in length from northeast to southwest, and 640 metres across at its widest.

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Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary is a natural World Heritage site in Colombia, in Americas. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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