Moriah Harbour Cay National Park
23°27′41″N 75°40′32″W / 23.46133°N 75.67548°W / 23.46133; -75.67548[1]Area 16,800 acres (68 km2) Established 2002 Governing body Bahamas National Trust bnt.bs/explore/exuma/moriah-harbour-cay-national-park/ Abaco Andros Conception Island Crooked Island Eleuthera Exuma Grand Bahama Inagua New Providence
Moriah Harbour Cay National Park is a national park in Exuma, the Bahamas. The reserve was established in 2002 and, after expansion in 2015,[2] has an area of 16,800 acres (68 km2).[3]
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.[3]
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.
- ^ a b "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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- Marine Farm
- Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve
- Exuma Cays Land and Sea Park
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