Moriah Harbour Cay National Park
Moriah Harbour Cay National Park is a national park in Exuma, the Bahamas. The reserve was established in 2002 and, after expansion in 2015, has an area of 16,800 acres (68 km).
Flora and fauna
On land, the park provides nesting sites for gull-billed and least terns, nighthawks, oystercatchers, plovers, and a resident pair of ospreys. Plants found at the park include buttonwoods, bay cedar, palmettos and sea oats. The park's mangroves provide a nursery for crabs, crawfish, conch, mangrove snappers, yellowtails and groupers.
References
- ^ "Moriah Harbour Cay National Park in Bahamas". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 2019-01-04. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "New Marine Protected Areas Declared in The Bahamas!". The Atlantis Blue Project Foundation. September 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Moriah Harbour Cay National Park". The Bahamas National Trust. Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
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