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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.
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.
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 ...
Cayo Dos Mosquises Sur, unlike other cays of Los Roques, has the particularity of housing a Marine Biology Research Station built in 1976 and managed by the Los Roques Scientific Foundation (Fundación Científica Los Roques). In addition to having several research facilities, they have a sea turtle breeding and protection program, which makes ...
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.
"Aeropuertos - Pistas: Los Roques (Gran Roque) - SVRS" (official info about SVRS from the Venezuelan authorities) (in Spanish) "Noticias: Rehabilitación de la pista de Los Roques va por la mitad." VolarEnVenezuela.com, 19 June 2007. Link accessed 2008-1-5. (in Spanish) "Accidentes Aéreos: Cae al Mar el YV2081, LET-410 en Los Roques el 4-1 ...
Cayos Bequevé (also called Cayo Bequevé [1] or Bequevé) [2] is the name given to a group of Venezuelan islands [3] in the southeast of the Caribbean Sea that is part of the Los Roques Archipelago, [4] and of the Lesser Antilles that is administered as part of the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela and the National Park Archipelago of Los Roques, and is also part of the so-called Miranda ...
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.