For other islands with similar names Tortuga Island disambiguation Tortuga Island IslaTortuga is an island in the Gulf of California , created relatively recently in geologic terms by the volcanism associated with the East Pacific Rise . It lies east northeast of the city of Santa Rosal a, Baja California Sur Santa Rosal a , in Muleg Municipality . It has a surface area of 11.374 km 4.39 sq mi . ref http mapserver.inegi.gob.mx geografia espanol datosgeogra extterri frontera.cfm?c 920 20&i e INEGI Superficie continental e insular del territorio nacional ref References http cat.inist.fr ?aModele afficheN&cpsidt 1237526 Volcanic Ridges off Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Gulf of California reflist coord 27 26 42 N 111 52 51 W display title region MX type isle scale 500000 source INEGI Category Islands of Baja California Sur Category Islands of the Gulf of California Category Volcanism of Mexico Category Nature reserves in Mexico BajaCalifornia geo stub de Tortuga Mexiko es IslaTortuga Baja California Sur sk IslaTortuga ... more details
Tortuga is the Spanish and Catalan word for a turtle or tortoise . Tortuga may also refer to Several islands Tortuga Haiti , a 17th century pirate stronghold Freeport Tortuga , a free port project on TortugaIslaTortuga , in Baja California Sur, Mexico La Tortuga Island , in the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela Tortuga Island, Peru , in the department of Ancash Tortuga Island, Costa Rica , in the Pacific Ocean. Tortuga Island, Ecuador , in the Gal pagos Islands. Dry Tortugas , a group of islands in the Florida Keys Dry Tortugas National Park , consisting of Fort Jefferson and the Dry Tortugas Tortuga, California , an unincorporated community in Imperial County Tortuga Pirates of the New World , a computer game set in the Golden Age of Piracy era Tortuga software , a software framework for discrete event simulation Tortuga vehicle , a Venezuelan armored vehicle Coliseo La Tortuga , an indoor sporting arena in Talcahuano, Chile Ships in the United States Navy USS Tortuga LSD 26 , commissioned in 1945, in action during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and decommissioned in 1970 USS Tortuga LSD 46 , commissioned in 1990 and on active service as of 2011 Tortuga , a novel by Rudolfo Anaya Tortuga Breaking Bad Tortuga Breaking Bad , a fictional drug dealer on the AMC drama disambig ca Tortuga desambiguaci de Tortuga es Tortuga desambiguaci n fr Tortuga id Tortuga disambiguasi it Tortuga disambigua hu Tortuga egy rtelm s t lap nl Tortuga ja pt Tortugas ro Tortuga ru sv Tortuga ... more details
Tortuga Island may refer to Dry Tortugas group of islands in the Florida Keys La Tortuga Island in Venezuela Tortuga Haiti IslaTortuga , in Baja California Sur, Mexico geodis ... more details
For the island with a similar name in the Gulf of California IslaTortuga Infobox settlement official name big big Tortuga big big other name small le de la Tortue small native name nickname Turtle Island settlement type Island motto image skyline Tortuga Island NASA.jpg imagesize 200px image caption Tortuga seen from space image flag flag size image seal seal size image shield shield size city logo ... postal code area code blank name blank info blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Tortuga lang fr le de la Tortue , IPA fr il d la t ty IPA lang ht Lat ti lang es IslaTortuga , IPA es isla ... Illa de la Tortuga da Tortuga de le de la Tortue es Isla de la Tortuga eo Insulo de la Testudo fr le ... section date May 2010 Although Tortuga was already known by the native peoples, it was never used .... The first Europeans to land on Tortuga were the Spaniards in 1493 during the first voyage of Christopher ... was originally given to the island by Christopher Columbus, meaning land of the Turtle Isla de la Tortuga . Citation needed date July 2010 In actuality Columbus named the island Santa Ana. Citation ... of the Netherlands. Citation needed date July 2010 Tortuga was originally settled by a few Spanish people Spanish colonists. In 1625 French people French and English settlers arrived on the island of Tortuga ... onward, the island of Tortuga was divided into French and English colonies allowing buccaneer s to use ... again because the island was too small to be of major importance. This abandonment of Tortuga ... year. By 1640, the buccaneers of Tortuga were calling themselves the Brethren of the Coast . The pirate ... Capture of Fort Rocher captured the island for the fourth and last time . In 1655 Tortuga was reoccupied ... Brayne, acting as military Governor on Jamaica, to serve as Governor of Tortuga. In 1660 the English ... and invite the pirates on the island of Tortuga to set sail under him. They were hired by the French ..., the pirates were never really controlled and kept Tortuga as a neutral hideout for pirate booty ... more details
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Two Dock Landing Ship s of the United States Navy have been named USS Tortuga , after the Dry Tortugas , islands off Florida . The first USS Tortuga LSD 26 3 was commissioned in 1945, in action during the Korean War and the Vietnam War, and decommissioned in 1970. The second USS Tortuga LSD 46 3 was commissioned in 1990 and is on active service as of 2011. Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Tortuga Category United States Navy ship names de USS Tortuga pl USS Tortuga ... more details
unreferenced date December 2011 wikify date December 2011 Tortuga Bay is located on the Santa Cruz Island ... fish, birds, and gigantic turtles. File Tortuga Bay Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG thumb Tortuga Bay Galapagos Additional images commonscat Galapagos Tortuga Bay gallery File Start of the Walking path to Tortuga Bay Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Start of the Walking path to Tortuga Bay File Walking path to Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Walking path to Tortuga Bay with the Pacific Ocean in view File Walking to the Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG End of the Walking path to Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos Island of Santa Cruz File Tortuga Bay Galapagos Iguana on the beach Island of Santa Cruz photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Iguana on the beach at Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos on the Island of Santa Cruz File Iguana on the beach at Tortuga Bay Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Iguana on the beach at Tortuga Bay File Lava rocks on Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos a photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Lava rocks on Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos File Crab walking on Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Crab walking on the beach at Tortuga Bay File Multi Color Crab walking on Tortuga Bay photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Grapsus grapsus Multi Color Crab walking on the lava rocks on Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos File Tortuga Bay showing Lava Rocks and Surf in the Galapagos photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG Tortuga Bay in the Galapagos showing Lava Rocks and the Surf File A gigantic galapagos tortuga next to the walking path to Tortuga Bay photo by Alvaro Sevilla Design.JPG A gigantic galapagos tortuga next to the walking path to Tortuga Bay gallery References Galapagos Nacional Park, Tortuga Bay http www.galapagospark.org sitio.php?page bahia tortuga ecuador travel.net Tortuga Bay, Galapagos http www.ecuador travel.net galapagos.site.tortugabay.htm ... more details
POV check date April 2009 Tortuga is a software framework for discrete event simulation in Java. A Tortuga simulation can be written either as interacting processes or as scheduled events. A Tortuga simulation can have thousands of entities, and can be part of a larger Java system. License Tortuga as an open source project under the Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 LGPLv2.1 . Tortuga meets the licensing requirements by providing all source code and binary executables available for download at the primary website listed in the external links section below. Run time and development environment Tortuga simulations run on Microsoft Windows XP and Vista as well as on Linux, Mac OS, BSD and Unix. They can also be used in an applet environment, although this typically requires a signed applet. As part of its support for simulation, Tortuga employs tools from aspect oriented programming, or AOP. You need not be familiar with AOP to use Tortuga your simulation classes are written in standard Java. However, the use of AOP in Tortuga requires more elaborate compilation that mere javac. This has been wrapped up in an Apache Ant Ant task included in tortuga.jar. This task is the reason it is assumed Tortuga based simulations are using Ant to build. Tortuga programming paradigm Tortuga utilizes a programming paradigm that greatly reduces the burden on the simulation on developer. Tortuga treats each simulation entity as a separate thread and allows you to provide a run method. This allows ... handler code all over the place. Unfortunately, this means that a Tortuga simulation is inherently limited ... of actors, and with the 1.5 Sun based JRE the limit was about 6,000. Author and maintainer Tortuga ... for Tortuga http code.google.com p tortugades downloads list The download page for Tortuga http code.google.com p tortugades source checkout The source code for Tortuga http tufdefender.sourceforge.net TUFDefender a simulation based on Tortuga Category Simulation software ... more details
Infobox film name L& 39 avventuriero della tortuga image L avventuriero della tortuga.jpg image size caption director Luigi Capuano producer writer Emilio Salgari , Luigi Capuano narrator starring music cinematography editor distributor released August 13, 1965 runtime country flag Italy language Italian language Italian budget The Adventurer of Tortuga lang it L& 39 avventuriero della tortuga is a Italian films of 1965 1965 Italy Italian historical film directed by Luigi Capuano . It is based on the novel by Emilio Salgari . Cast class wikitable Actor Role Guy Madison Alfonso di Mont limar Ingeborg Sch ner Soledad Quintero Rik Battaglia Pedro Valverde Nadia Gray Dona Rosita Andrea Aureli Enrico Vallejo Aldo Bufi Landi Mendoza Mino Doro Tarsarios Linda Sini Paquita External links IMDB title id 0058929 title L& 39 avventuriero della tortuga CinemaofItaly DEFAULTSORT Adventurer Of Tortuga Category 1965 films Category Italian films Category Italian language films Category Films directed by Luigi Capuano 1960s Italy film stub it L avventuriero della Tortuga ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Freeport Tortuga was a free port project by Dupont Caribbean Inc. of Texas , which began construction in 1971 based upon a 99 year contract with the government of Haiti . The location of the freeport was the old buccaneer stronghold of Tortuga Haiti Tortuga island located some 10 miles off the north coast of the main Haitian island of Hispaniola , which is also shared by the Dominican Republic . Freeport Tortuga ended with its expropriation by the Haitian government in 1974. Origin of the freeport Deleted image removed File DP 1.JPG thumb right Don Pierson in 1964 In 1967, during the time that Don Pierson of Eastland, Texas Eastland , Texas was attempting to lease a radio broadcasting ship that had been the former homes of Swinging Radio England and Britain Radio off the coast of England , he received a response from the Ambassador for Haiti in Washington, DC . Don Pierson s original plan was to lease or sell the ship to the government of Haiti for it to establish two powerful 50 kW commercial radio stations. Dupont Caribbean Inc. This offer emerged into a plan to develop the island of Tortuga as a freeport and he was asked to assist the government of Haiti to encourage business investment in that poverty stricken land. This privately financed, privately managed free enterprise zone became a reality in 1971 when Haitian dictator Fran ois Duvalier known as Papa Doc and the Haitian government entered into a 99 year contract with Don Pierson s company called Dupont Caribbean Inc. This contract provided for the establishment of Freeport Tortuga. Construction Within 18 months Don Pierson succeeded in building the island s first airport, a loading dock for seagoing vessels, a rudimentary water and sewer system, an electricity generating facility, and six miles of paved road. Of equal importance, the project created jobs for some 400 previously ... on Tortuga. Category History of Haiti Category Tortuga Haiti ... more details
Pirates of Tortuga is a 1961 United States American film which invented an alternate history for the actual Welsh privateer Henry Morgan . It was released in October 1961 in the United States. Plot An English captain and his crew are dispatched to the Spanish controlled island of Tortuga, where famed privateer Henry Morgan has defected from his support of the British Empire English Empire and is running a strictly piratical venture, stopping any and all vessels including English. Since the captain cannot attack the island without incurring the wrath of the Spanish government, he must go toe to toe with Morgan himself. A comely female has inadvertently ended up as a stowaway on the captain s vessel, and she becomes the de facto central focus of the story Morgan doesn t appear until the latter half of the film . She is initially deposited on the island, where she makes a half hearted play for the governor, but eventually re adjusts her sights on the captain himself. In the meantime, the captain is fully engaged in pursuing the pirate. Cast Director Robert D. Webb Screenplay Jesse Lasky Jr. , Melvin Levy Bart captain Ken Scott actor Ken Scott Meg Let cia Rom n Pee Wee Dave King actor Dave King Percy John Richardson actor John Richardson John Gammel Rafer Johnson Henry Morgan Robert Stephens Phoebe Rachel Stephens Production values Twentieth Century Fox produced a run of the mill B movie pirate adventure, using actors little known in the United States the female lead was an Italian starlet whose English accent hovered between Cockney and Sicilian, and whose screen presence was compared to a sexy turnip , and inserting footage from other more notable seafaring adventure films. The storyline ... name Pirates of Tortuga Robert D. Webb Category American films Category 1961 films Category English language films Category Films directed by Robert D. Webb de Piraten von Tortuga it I pirati di Tortuga nl Pirates of Tortuga ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 The Tortuga was an armored vehicle designed and built in Venezuela in 1934, during the rule of Juan Vicente G mez . It was assembled at the Puerto Cabello shipyard by Engineer Tom s Pacanins. First displayed at a military parade in the city of Maracay , the vehicle s existence was meant to send a clear message to neighboring Colombia which had created several border and political incidents since its victory over Per in the War of the Putumayo as was the whole parade. On December 23, 1934, the Tortuga was first revealed to the public, in conjunction with two Italian Italian Ansaldo company Ansaldo L3 33 CV 33 infantry tanks . Characteristics In his Historia de la Artiller a History of Artillery , Lieutenant Pedro Arturo Oma a describes the Tortuga It was a very flashy armored car whose external shell gave it a shape similar to a London policeman s hat but it was hard to manoeuver, with a nearly null ventilation system and nearly null visibility Its shell was mounted on a 6x4 Ford Motor Company Ford 1934 truck. Its rear wheels were linked by treads, making it a half tracked vehicle, its designation within the Army being Semi treaded Armored Recon Vehicle . It was armed with a Mark 4B 7 mm machine gun .303 cal installed in a dome shaped rotating turret located on the upper part of the shell. References http www.fav club.com Unofficial Venezuelan Air Force and Armed Forces web site In Spanish Category Armoured cars Category Military vehicles of Venezuela ru ... more details
coord 33 10 04 N 115 20 34 W display title Infobox settlement See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage Basic info name Tortuga other name native name nickname settlement type Unincorporated area Unincorporated community image skyline imagesize image caption pushpin map California pushpin label position bottom pushpin mapsize pushpin map caption Location in California Location coordinates region US CA subdivision type Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 State subdivision name1 California subdivision type2 County subdivision name2 Imperial County, California Imperial County subdivision type3 subdivision name3 Politics established title Settled established date latd 33 latm 10 lats 04 latNS N longd 115 longm 20 longs 34 longEW W elevation footnotes ref name gnis gnis 252997 ref elevation m 57 elevation ft 187 footnotes Tortuga is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Imperial County, California Imperial County , California . ref name gnis It is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad convert 10.5 mi km 0 east northeast of Calipatria, California Calipatria , ref name CGN California s Geographic Names 1477 ref at an elevation of 187 feet 57 m . ref name gnis References reflist Imperial County, California Category Unincorporated communities in Imperial County, California ImperialCountyCA geo stub ... more details
References Reflist Commons category Isla de la Tortuga Administrative divisions of Venezuela ... Category Federal Dependencies of Venezuela Venezuela geo stub an Isla La Tortuga br Isla La Tortuga de La Tortuga es Isla La Tortuga fr le de la Tortue Venezuela gl La Tortuga ko it La Tortuga nl La Tortuga pl Tortuga Wenezuela sv La Tortuga n ...Infobox Islands name La Tortuga image name image caption Cayo Herradura, La Tortuga image size locator map map custom yes native name native name link nickname location Caribbean Sea coordinates Coord 10 55 54 N 65 18 29 W archipelago total islands major islands length km width km highest mount elevation m country Venezuela country admin divisions title country admin divisions Image Bandera dep fede.gif 15px Federal dependencies of Venezuela country admin divisions title 1 country admin divisions 1 country largest city country largest city population population population as of density km2 ethnic groups additional info La Tortuga Island Isla La Tortuga in Spanish language Spanish is an uninhabited island dependent on the government of Venezuela . It is part of a chain of islands that include the Tortuguillas , the Palaquines , and others. Has an area of 156 km ref http www.guiaviajesvirtual.com index dependenciasfederales.php?recharge rutaturistica ref ref Vila, Marco Aurelio. 1967 Aspectos geogr ficos de las Dependencias Federales. Corporaci n Venezolana de Fomento. Caracas. 115p. ref ref Cervigon, Fernando. 1995 Las Dependencias Federales. Academia Nacional de la Historia. Caracas. 193p. ref ref Hern ndez Caballero, Seraf n Editor . 1998 Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. 10 vol menes. ISBN 980 6427 00 9 ISBN 980 6427 10 6 ref History It was discovered in 1499 by Alonso de Ojeda . On his second trip, together with Amerigo Vespucci, the island was named La isla La Tortuga by Amerigo Vespucci because of the enormous presence of turtles on the island ... more details
Isla Verde can refer to Isla Verde, Puerto Rico Isla Verde Passage , Batangas, Philippines geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
The River Isla may refer to River Isla, Moray , a tributary of the River Deveron in Scotland River Isla, Perthshire , a tributary of the River Tay in Scotland geodis Category Article Feedback 5 ... more details
Isla Muerta may refer to Isla de Muerta , a setting from the Pirates of the Caribbean series Isla Muerta, a fictional island off the coast of Costa Rica in Michael Crichton s The Lost World Crichton novel The Lost World disambig ... more details
Image Isla Canela 1.JPG thumb 200px Entrance to the beach on Isla Canela. Image Isla Canela 2.JPG thumb 200px Beach resorts on Isla Canela. Image Isla Canela 3.JPG thumb 200px The beach on Isla Canela. Portugal can be seen at distance. Isla Canela is a small island located south of the town of Ayamonte , in Andalusia , Spain . The mouth of the Guadiana River is next to the island, and Portugal across the river can be easily seen from Isla Canela. The island is a popular Summer resort thanks to its beaches. Isla Canela is a growing resort with hotels split between the beach and the marina. Andalusia geo stub coord 37 12 N 7 18 W display title region ES type isle source GNS enwiki Category Islands of Spain Canela de Isla Canela es Isla Canela nn Isla Canela ... more details
Isla Mar a may refer to Islas Mar as Bleaker Island , Falkland Islands, known as Isla Maria in Spanish geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Expand Spanish Isla Cristina topic geo date December 2009 Image Isla Cristina puerto deportivo.JPG thumb left Isla Cristina 2008 . Infobox settlement official name Isla Cristina, Spain nickname image flag Flag of Isla Cristina Spain.svg image seal Escudo de Isla Cristina.svg image map Map of Isla Cristina Huelva .png map caption Location of Isla Cristina subdivision type List of municipalities in Huelva Municipality subdivision name Huelva province Huelva leader title Mayor leader name Mar a Luisa Faneca area magnitude 1 E9 area total km2 50 area land km2 50 area water km2 0.00 population as of 2009 population note population total 21324 population density km2 397.5 timezone Central European Time CET utc offset 1 timezone DST Central European Summer Time CEST utc offset DST 2 latitude 36 28 N longitude 6 12 W website http www.islacristina.es footnotes Isla Cristina is a city and municipality located in the province of Huelva province Huelva , Spain . According to the 2009 census , the city has a population of 21,324 inhabitants. Isla Cristina remains one of the most important fishing ports in Huelva province, its catch being highly prized throughout Spain. It is a popular summer holiday resort, particularly with the Spaniards themselves. Sevillanos flock to the area in July and August ... links http www.juntadeandalucia.es institutodeestadistica sima htm sm21042.htm Isla Cristina Sistema de Informaci n Multiterritorial de Andaluc a http www.andaluciarentals.co.uk Isla 20Cristina 20overview.htm Isla Cristina Traditional Isla Cristina Commons category Isla Cristina Municipalities ... Municipalities in the Province of Huelva andalusia geo stub Link FA es ca Isla Cristina de Isla Cristina es Isla Cristina eo Isla Cristina eu Isla Cristina fr Isla Cristina gl Isla Cristina it Isla Cristina ht Isla Cristina Huelva nl Isla Cristina ja pl Isla Cristina pt Isla Cristina ru tr Isla Cristina uk vi Isla Cristina war Isla Cristina ... more details
File Gimnasiolatortugathno.jpg thumb 250px The Coliseo La Tortuga Coliseo La Tortuga is an indoor arena indoor sporting arena located in Talcahuano , Chile . The capacity of the arena is 10,000 spectators and it is used mostly for basketball . El Coliseo La Tortuga Monumental, known popularly as La Tortuga de Talcahuano, is a sports and entertainment centre, renowned for its distinctive roof, which is similar to a shell of a turtle. Located in the northern section of El Arenal, in the city of Talcahuano Chile , it is located exactly at the intersection of Avenida Manuel Blanco Encalada and Arturo Prat street just in front of Paseo Ventana al Mar. With its 13,850 m of floor area and capacity for 10 thousand spectators, it was until recent years the largest building of its kind in Chile. External links http www.worldstadiums.com south america countries chile.shtml Facility information coord 36 43 12 S 73 6 31 W type landmark display title Category Indoor arenas in Chile Chile sports venue stub es Coliseo Monumental La Tortuga ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2009 See also Isla Ixtapa Despite its name, Isla Grande is a small island off the Caribbean coast of Panama , about a half hour drive depending on road conditions . During the right times of year, the water between the island and the mainland provides an excellent surfing environment. Most of the people found in the town are of African descent and trace it back to black African slaves and those known as Cimarrones. Isla Grande is a beautiful place full of beautiful beaches and nice people, It is a great place for surfing. coord 9 38 N 79 34 W source kolossus plwiki display title Category Caribbean islands of Panama Grande Panama geo stub es Isla Grande Panam no Isla Grande Panama pl Isla Grande pt Ilha Grande Panam ... more details
coord 27 30 S 56 54 W region AR type isle display title Image Islas Apip C3 A9.png thumb left 200px Map of Isla Apip , Argentina Image Isla Apip C3 A9.jpg thumb 300px Isla Apip Grande in R o Paran Isla Apip or Isla Apip Grande is an about 25 km long Argentina Argentine island in the Paran River , on the border with Paraguay . Isla Apip is part of Corrientes Province , but the island is separated from the rest of the province by a channel of the Paran River, which belongs to Paraguay. The island and some smaller islets are thus surrounded by Paraguayan waters, creating an enclave . ref http geosite.jankrogh.com apipe.htm Isla Apipe. http geosite.jankrogh.com Geosite.jankrogh.com . Accessed July 2011. ref References reflist Category Geography of Corrientes Province Apipe Category Islands of Argentina Apipe Category River islands of South America Apipe argentina geo stub es Islas Apip pt Ilha Apip ... more details
Infobox City official name Isla Mayor, Spain nickname image flag Banderaislamayor.jpg image seal Escudoislamayor.jpg image map map caption subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name Spain subdivision type1 Provinces of Spain Province subdivision name1 Seville province Seville subdivision type2 List of municipalities in Seville Municipality subdivision name2 Isla Mayor leader title leader name area magnitude area total km2 114 area land km2 area water km2 elevation m 5 population as of 2009 population note population total 5873 population density km2 50.9 timezone Central European Time CET utc offset 1 timezone DST Central European Summer Time CEST utc offset DST 2 latitude 37 08 N longitude 6 10 W website footnotes Isla Mayor is a municipality located in the Seville province province of Seville , Spain . According to the 2006 census Instituto Nacional de Estad stica Spain INE , the municipality, which has an area of 114 km sup 2 sup , has a population of 5.873 2009 inhabitants. The main village is Isla Mayor, about 45 km south west of Sevilla, The small village of Poblado de Alfonso XIII is in the same municipality. Isla Mayor separated from the municipality of Puebla del Rio in 1994. Isla Mayor is situated in the Las Marismas marshes of the Bajo Guadalquivir River, of which one part forms part of the Do ana National Park . The land is formed from sediment at the mouth of the Guadalquivir river. It is crisscrossed by canals, and the land dedicated primarily ..., in honour of the dictator General Franco . In 2000 the name was changed to Isla Mayor by popular vote. External links http www.juntadeandalucia.es institutodeestadistica sima htm sm41902.htm Isla ... geo stub an Isla Mayor ca Isla Mayor es Isla Mayor eo Isla Mayor eu Isla Mayor fr Isla Mayor gl Isla Mayor it Isla Mayor nl Isla Mayor ro Isla Mayor ru tr Isla Mayor uk vi Isla Mayor war Isla Mayor ... more details
Infobox Protected area name Isla Contoy iucn category II photo IslaContoy PeterMaas.JPG photo caption location Isla Contoy, Isla Mujeres Municipality, Quintana Roo , Mexico nearest city coords Coord 21 30 23 N 86 47 54 W region MX type isle display inline,title area established February, 1998 visitation num visitation year governing body Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources world heritage site Isla Contoy is a small island in the Mexico Mexican state of Quintana Roo , approximately 30 kilometers north of Isla Mujeres . The island is only 8.5 km in length and has an area of 3.17 square kilometres. Since 1961, Isla Contoy is protected by the Mexican government and declared a National Park in February 1998. The island is jointly run by the Isla Mujeres based Non Governmental Organization, Amigos de Isla Contoy A.C. and the Secretary of Environment, Natural Resources and Fishing SEMARNAT . Supervised eco tourism and regulated commercial fishing is allowed on and near the island. Only a few tour companies have permission to bring the only at maximum 200 daily visitors to Isla Contoy. Visitors need to apply for permission to visit the island at the Park offices in Isla Mujeres or Canc n . Four species of turtle find a safe haven for nesting on the beaches of the island, namely the loggerhead turtle , Green turtle , Hawksbill turtle , and the leatherback turtle . The reserve is also a sanctuary to approximately 152 tropical marine birds, like the frigate bird , brown pelican , and the double crested cormorant . External links http www.islacontoy.org Amigos de Isla Contoy Quintana Roo Category Islands of Quintana Roo Contoy Category Geography of Mesoamerica Contoy, Islas Category National parks of Mexico Category Tourism in Mexico Category Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System de Isla Contoy es Isla Contoy ... more details
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