Cayo Nube Verde
Nickname: Gresquí | |
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.jpg) Cayo Nube Verde Los Roques | |
Interactive map of Cayo Nube Verde | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Caribbean Sea |
| Coordinates | 11°45′24″N 66°40′28″W / 11.75667°N 66.67444°W |
| Archipelago | Los Roques Archipelago |
| Area | 4.12 km2 (1.59 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Insular territory | Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory |
| Federal entity | Federal Dependencies of Venezuela |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
Cayo Nube Verde (also known as Nube Verde[1] or Gresquí)[2] is an island in the Los Roques Archipelago,[3] part of the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, located in the Caribbean Sea north of the mainland of Venezuela.[4]
Administratively, it is part of the Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory and is integrated into the Los Roques Archipelago National Park.[5]
Geography
Cayo Nube Verde is one of the largest islands in the archipelago, covering an estimated area of 412 hectares (4.12 square kilometers). It is a low-lying marine island with a maximum elevation of approximately 1 meter above sea level.
The island is geographically situated in the southern part of the archipelago, bounded by:
- The Ensenada de los Corales (Coral Shallows) to the north.
- The open Caribbean Sea to the south.
- Cayo Grande to the east.
- Cayo Sal to the west.
It is one of the least known and least visited islands in the archipelago due to its high level of environmental protection and strict zoning regulations within the national park. The island is uninhabited and is mostly covered by dense vegetation, from which its Spanish name Nube Verde (literally "Green Cloud") is derived.
See also
References
- ↑ Zamarro, Javier (2003). Guía del Parque Nacional Archipiélago Los Roques (in Spanish). Ecograph.
- ↑ Quevedo, Pedro J. Guzmán (1990). Derrotero de los puertos, costas e islas de Venezuela: desde el Orinoco hasta el lago de Maracaibo, incluyendo las región insular (in Spanish). El Autor. ISBN 978-980-300-125-4.
- ↑ Guía de los parques nacionales y monumentos naturales de Venezuela (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Parques. 1982. ISBN 978-84-499-6031-4.
- ↑ Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico (in Spanish). Universidad de Oriente, Instituto Oceanográfico. 2007.
- ↑ Parques (Venezuela), Instituto Nacional de (1983). Los Parques nacionales de Venezuela (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Parques. ISBN 978-84-499-6781-8.