Dos Mosquises

Dos Mosquises
	Dos Mosquises Islands, Los Roques Archipelago
	Dos Mosquises Dos Mosquises
Geography
Location	Lesser Antilles; Caribbean Sea
Coordinates	11°47′55″N 66°53′18″W
Archipelago	Los Roques
Administration
	Venezuela
Federal Entity	Federal dependencies of Venezuela

Dos Mosquises[1] are two islands that form part of the Los Roques archipelago,[2] are administratively part of the Francisco de Miranda Island Territory (Federal Dependencies of Venezuela),[3] and are located in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.[4]

Location

They are located in the north of Venezuela,[5] in the southwest of "Los Roques National Park". North of Cayo Sal and Cayo Pelona, southeast of Cayo de Agua and Bequevé, and southwest of Gran Roque.

Member Islands

These are two keys or islands very close to each other:

North Dos Mosquises (Dos Mosquises Norte)
South Dos Mosquises (Dos Mosquises Sur)

Research Station

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 the key be visited by specialists from various parts of the world.

On the island there is an ongoing educational program to raise awareness about the importance of conserving the Los Roques ecosystem.

References

Brushaber, Susan; Greenberg, Arnold (October 1997). Venezuela Alive. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-55650-800-4.
Cortés, J. (2003-04-25). Latin American Coral Reefs. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-053539-5.
Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico (in Spanish). El Instituto. 2007.
"Dos Mosquises: su diferencia a otros cayos es la crianza y protección de tortugas marinas". Venelogía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-29.
Fernández, Francisco; Gasson, Rafael (1993). Contribuciones a la arqueología regional venezolana (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Acta Científica Venezolana.

External links

Location map

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[1] Brushaber, Susan; Greenberg, Arnold (October 1997). Venezuela Alive. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-55650-800-4.

[2] Cortés, J. (2003-04-25). Latin American Coral Reefs. Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-053539-5.

[3] Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico (in Spanish). El Instituto. 2007.

[4] "Dos Mosquises: su diferencia a otros cayos es la crianza y protección de tortugas marinas". Venelogía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-11-29.

[5] Fernández, Francisco; Gasson, Rafael (1993). Contribuciones a la arqueología regional venezolana (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Acta Científica Venezolana.