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The Los Roques Archipelago [2] [3] (Spanish: Archipiélago de Los Roques) [4] [5] is a federal dependency of Venezuela consisting of approximately 350 islands, cays, and islets in a total area of 40.61 km 2 (15.68 sq mi). The archipelago is located 128 km (80 mi) directly north of the port of La Guaira, in the Caribbean Sea.
Cayo de Agua [1] [2] (in English literally Water Key) is the name of an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea [3] that geographically belongs to the Los Roques Archipelago [4] [5] and is administratively organized as part of the Federal Dependencies, Venezuela, [6] in addition to being part of the National Park of the same name and the Miranda Island Territory, the name of this key has its ...
Gran Roque [1] is an island, one of the federal dependencies of Venezuela, [2] located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea in the archipelago of Los Roques, [3] which has 1.7 km 2 (170 ha) in extent, where the majority of the population lives. Los Roques Airport is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.
4 January 2008 (): a Transaven Let L-410 Turbolet crashed into the ocean while on a scheduled domestic flight from Caracas, Venezuela, to Los Roques, killing all 14 on board. 4 January 2013 ( 2013-01-04 ) : a Transaereo 5074 Britten-Norman Islander crashed into the ocean while on a domestic flight from Los Roques to Caracas, killing all 6 ...
Venezuela has some of the most important reef formations in the Caribbean, such as the complex reefs of Las Aves Archipelago [7] and Los Roques. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] These complexes describe spectacular barrier reefs, fringing or coastal reefs, keys or coral islands [ 9 ] and reef patches.
On 4 January 2008, a scheduled domestic Transaven flight from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Los Roques Airport, 118 kilometres (64 nmi) north of the departure airport and over water, radioed that both engines had failed and that they were descending through 910 metres (3,000 ft).
The Cayos Francisquí [1] also known as Cayos Franciskí (Franciskí Keys), is the name of a group of Caribbean cays that form part of the Los Roques Archipelago National Park [2] in northern Venezuela. [3] Administratively, as part of the Los Roques Archipelago, they belong to the Francisco de Miranda Island Territory.
In 2011, the government of the "Francisco de Miranda Insular Territory " was established, comprising the Las Aves Archipelago, Los Roques Archipelago and La Orchila Island, north of Venezuela. The capital is the Los Roques Archipelago. [3]