Cayos Bequevé
Location
They are located southwest of the park is accessible by sea like many other keys with boats that leave the dock of Gran Roque. It is an island of Coral located just in front and south of Cayo de Agua, northwest of Dos Mosquises and southwest of Cayo Carenero, in the extreme west of the islands.
Islands
In spite of what its name may indicate it is actually 2 islands: Cayo Bequevé North (Norte) and Cayo Bequevé South (Sur), so they can also be known as the Bequevé Islands or Cayos Bequevé.
- Cayo Bequevé Norte has an area of 34 hectares or 0.341 square kilometers and is 4.3 kilometers long.
- Cayo Bequevé Sur, is much smaller and is 15.13 hectares or 0.1513 square kilometers and 1.76 kilometers long.
In total both islands total 49.23 hectares or 0.49 square kilometers, so they are equivalent or similar in size to Vatican City (44 hectares).
Tourism
Cayo Bequeve is popular within the archipelago thanks to the beauty of its white sands and solitary beaches, the birds that can be found in its surroundings and the fact that it forms with other neighboring keys a small natural swimming pool, there are also freshwater wells, one of the most practiced activities is diving.
See also
References
- ^ NOAA Technical Report NMFS. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. 1984.
- ^ Naturales, Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias (1959). Boletín - Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales (in Spanish). Sociedad Venezolana de Ciencias Naturales.
- ^ Parques (Venezuela), Instituto Nacional de; Ambiental (Venezuela), Fundación de Educación (1983). Los Parques nacionales de Venezuela (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Parques. ISBN 978-84-499-6781-8.
- ^ Bello, Heraclio Atencio (2008). Nuestra Cultura Gastronómica: Origen, Influencias y Mestizajes (in Spanish). Fundación Venezuela Positiva. ISBN 978-980-6761-04-9.
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