French: Sanctuaire de faune et de flore de Malpelo
The Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary is a World Heritage Site in Colombia defined by the UNESCO in 2006 and definitely a recommended natural sightseeing location.
It is on position 763 (1010) in our monthly survey..

"Located some 506 km off the coast of Colombia, the site includes Malpelo island (350 ha) and the surrounding marine environment (857,150 ha). This vast marine park, the largest no-fishing zone in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, provides a critical habitat for internationally threatened marine species, and is a major source of nutrients resulting in large aggregations of marine biodiversity. It is in particular a ‘reservoir' for sharks, giant grouper and billfish and is one of the few places in the world where sightings of the short-nosed ragged-toothed shark, a deepwater shark, have been confirmed. Widely recognized as one of the top diving sites in the world, due to the presence of steep walls and caves of outstanding natural beauty, these deep waters support important populations of large predators and pelagic species (e.g. aggregations of over 200 hammerhead sharks and over 1,000 silky sharks, whale sharks and tuna have been recorded) in an undisturbed environment where they maintain natural behavioural patterns."
Copyright © 1992 2014 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved."

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(vii)(ix)

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