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Guadeloupe National Park | |
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Location | Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe (France) |
Coordinates | 16°5′0″N 61°41′0″W / 16.08333°N 61.68333°W |
Area | 173.0 km2 (66.8 sq mi) (core area) 162.0 km2 (62.5 sq mi) (buffer zone) 37.0 km2 (14.3 sq mi) (marine reserve) |
Established | 1989 |
Governing body | Parcs nationaux de France [1] |
Guadeloupe National Park (French: Parc national de la Guadeloupe) is a national park in Guadeloupe, an overseas department of France located in the Leeward Islands of the eastern Caribbean region. The Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin Nature Reserve (French: Réserve Naturelle du Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin) is a marine protected area adjacent to the park and administered in conjunction with it. Together, these protected areas comprise the Guadeloupe Archipelago (French: l'Archipel de la Guadeloupe) biosphere reserve.