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Laughing Bird Caye National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Map showing the location of Laughing Bird Caye National Park
Map showing the location of Laughing Bird Caye National Park
Map of Belize
LocationStann Creek District, Belize
Nearest cityPlacencia
Coordinates16°26′36″N 88°11′50″W / 16.443443°N 88.197250°W / 16.443443; -88.197250[1]
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Established1991

Laughing Bird Caye is an island off the coast of Placencia, Belize. On 21 December 1991, Laughing Bird Caye National Park was declared. It is spread over an area of 1.8 acres (0.73 ha). The island is named after a population of laughing gulls which previously bred there.[2]

  1. ^ "Laughing Bird Caye National Park". protectedplanet.net.
  2. ^ Rauscher, Freya (2007). Cruising Guide to Belize and Mexico's Caribbean Coast, Including Guatemala's Rio Dulce (3rd ed.). Madeira Beach, Florida: Windmill Hill Books. pp. 220–221. ISBN 0975575317.

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