Protected areas of Turks and Caicos Islands

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Protected areas of Turks and Caicos Islands

Published: May 27, 2009, 1:31 pm
Contributing Author: Elisa Triana
Topic Editor: Juan Pablo Arce
Source: WDPA
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Protected area highlights for the Turks and Caicos Islands: (January 31, 2008):

  1. of
    Areas

Area
km2

Total Area of nationally recognized protected areas (% of the Turks and Caicos Islands' Territorial Area)

33

720

4.3%

Terrestrial (% of the Turks and Caicos Islands Terrestrial Territorial Area)

33

270

28.5%

Marine and Littoral Protected Area

26

451

Note that some protected areas include both terrestrial area and marine area

Wetlands of International importance (Ramsar Sites)

1

586

The North, Middle and East Caicos Islands are recognized as important under the the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention):

The World Database on Protected Areas reports 33 nationally recognized protected areas in Turks and Caicos Islands:

|- style="background-color: #5d7b9d" ! scope="col" align="left" | Site Name ! scope="col" align="center" | IUCN Designation ! scope="col" align="center" | Marine or
Terrestrial ! scope="col" align="right" | Total
Area
(hectares) ! scope="col" align="right" | Total
Marine
Area
(hectares) |- align="left"
Admiral Cockburn (Nature Reserve) - Both 431 104
Admiral Cockburn Land And Sea (National Park) - Both 480 75
Bell Sound (Nature Reserve) - Both 1,142 1,053
Big Sand Cay (Sanctuary) - Both 151 121
Boiling Hole (Area of Historical Interest) - Both 48
Chalk Sound (National Park) - Both 1,460 816
Cheshire Hall (Area of Historical Interest) V Terrestrial 1
Columbus Landfall Marine (National Park) - Both 518 472
Conch Bar Caves (National Park) IV Terrestrial 95
Cottage Pond (Nature Reserve) V Terrestrial 8
Dick Hill Creek and Bell field Landing Point (Nature Reserve) III Terrestrial 394
East Bay Islands (National Park) - Both 3,541 2,667
Fort George (Area of Historical Interest) V Terrestrial 1
Fort George Land and Sea (National Park) - Both 494 497
French, Bush and Seal Cays (Sanctuary) - Both 20
Grand Turk Cays, Land and Sea (National Park) - Both 156 192
HMS Endymion Wreck (Area of Historical Interest) - Both 3
Lake Catherine (Nature Reserve) - Both 392
Long Cay (Sanctuary) - Both 80 37
Molasses Reef Wreck (Area of Historical Interest) - Both 1
North West Point Marine (National Park) - Both 1,026 991
North West Point Pond (Nature Reserve) - Both 61 40
North, Middle and East Caicos (Nature Reserve) - Both 54,400 33,397
Pigeon Pond and Frenchman's Creek (Nature Reserve) - Both 2,393 1,234
Princess Alexandra Land and Sea (National Park) - Both 2,645 2,661
Princess Alexandra Marine National Park (Nature Reserve) III Both 182
Pumpkin Bluff Pond (Nature Reserve) - Both 173
Salt Cay (Area of Historical Interest) - Both 176 34
Sapodilla Rock Carving (Area of Historical Interest) V Terrestrial 1
South Creek (National Park) - Both 74 75
Three Mary Cays (Sanctuary) - Both 13 19
Vine Point and Ocean Hole (Nature Reserve) - Both 757 661
West Caicos Marine (National Park) - Both 397 380

300px-Turks and Caicos Islands.gif Map of Turks and Caicos Islands (Source: CIA, The World Factbook)

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Further Reading:

  1. World Database on Protected Areas (accessed May 26, 2009)


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