| Blue Holes National Park | |
|---|---|
  Blue Holes National Park The location of Blue Holes National Park within the Bahamas | |
| Location | Andros, the Bahamas |
| Nearest city | Nassau |
| Coordinates | 24°47′23″N 77°56′41″W / 24.7896°N 77.9448°W[1] |
| Area | 40,000 acres (162 km2) |
| Established | 2002 |
| Governing body | Bahamas National Trust |
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Blue Holes National Park is a national park in Andros, the Bahamas. The park was established in 2002 and has an area of 40,000 acres (162 km2).[2]
Flora and fauna
The park's blue holes contain various unique cavefish and invertebrates. The park also contains thousands of acres of pine forest, which provide habitat for birds such as the Bahama oriole, great lizard cuckoo, western spindalis, red-legged thrush, black-faced grassquit and Cuban emerald.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Blue Holes National Park in Bahamas". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- 1 2 "Blue Holes National Park". The Bahamas National Trust. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
Further reading
- Todhunter, Andrew. "Deep Dark Secrets". National Geographic. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- Morin, Richard (14 October 2015). "Wildlife galore in the Bahamas, where the whole world's a park". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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