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Blue Holes National Park

Coordinates: 24°47′23″N 77°56′41″W / 24.7896°N 77.9448°W / 24.7896; -77.9448[1]
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Blue Holes National Park
Map showing the location of Blue Holes National Park
Map showing the location of Blue Holes National Park
Blue Holes National Park
The location of Blue Holes National Park within the Bahamas
LocationAndros, the Bahamas
Nearest cityNassau
Coordinates24°47′23″N 77°56′41″W / 24.7896°N 77.9448°W / 24.7896; -77.9448[1]
Area40,000 acres (162 km2)
Established2002
Governing bodyBahamas National Trust
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Blue Holes National Park is a national park in Andros, the Bahamas. The park was established in 2002 and has an area of 40,000 acres (162 km2).[2]

Flora and fauna

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The park's blue holes contain various unique cavefish and invertebrates. The park also contains thousands of acres of pine forest, which provide habitat for birds such as the Bahama oriole, great lizard cuckoo, western spindalis, red-legged thrush, black-faced grassquit and Cuban emerald.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Blue Holes National Park in Bahamas". Protected Planet. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Blue Holes National Park". The Bahamas National Trust. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

Further reading

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