Las Aves
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea | |
| archipelago | Leeward Islands | |
| Geographical location | 12 ° 0 ′ N , 67 ° 34 ′ W | |
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| Number of islands | 6th | |
| Main island | Isla Maceta | |
| Total land area | 3.35 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Las Aves (Spanish Archipiélago Las Aves ) is an uninhabited group of islands in the Caribbean Sea , north of the coast of Venezuela between the islands of Bonaire in the west and Los Roques in the east. Administratively, the islands belong to the Dependencias Federales (federal territories).
Las Aves consists of two Atoll -like coral reef complexes containing around 8 km in diameter:
- Aves de Barlovento (at 11 ° 59 ′ N , 67 ° 27 ′ W ), is the eastern coral reef and consists of two islands and two cays .
- Aves de Sotavento (at 12 ° 0 ′ N , 67 ° 40 ′ W ), is the western coral reef and consists of four islands and three cays.
All islands together have a land area of only 3.35 km².
A French fleet under the command of Admiral Jean II. D'Estrées crashed on the coral reef of Aves de Barlovento in 1678 .
The Venezuelan Navy maintains a coast guard station ( La Estación Secundaria de Guardacostas ) called Isla Aves de Sotavento on Aves de Sotavento , which is subordinate to the main station Puerto Cabello .
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See also
- the island of Aves, which also belongs to Venezuela
Individual evidence
- ↑ RESEÑA HISTÓRICA DE LA ESTACIÓN PRINCIPAL DE GUARDACOSTAS “GRAIL. BARTOLOMÉ SALOM ” ( Memento from March 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Aspectos de la natureza de las Islas las Aves ( Memento from April 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Special map of the protected areas Cayo Bubi and Cayo de las Bobas
