Cocos Island National Park
A remote Eastern Tropical Pacific national park protecting an oceanic volcanic island, extensive pelagic waters, diverse coral reefs and major aggregations of sharks, rays, tuna and dolphins.
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A remote Eastern Tropical Pacific national park protecting an oceanic volcanic island, extensive pelagic waters, diverse coral reefs and major aggregations of sharks, rays, tuna and dolphins. It gives readers a direct ocean lens on a protected Eastern Tropical Pacific system where currents, reefs and large pelagic wildlife converge.
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It gives readers a direct ocean lens on a protected Eastern Tropical Pacific system where currents, reefs and large pelagic wildlife converge.
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Cocos Island National Park
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