Mexico Rocks is a shallow patch reef complex off the far northern tip of Ambergris Caye, part of the Belize Barrier Reef system in the Caribbean Sea. It consists of roughly 100 Holocene patch reefs, composed predominantly of boulder star corals, clustered on a Pleistocene limestone ridge in water 2.5 to 5 meters deep that has accumulated over the last 420 years under stable sea levels; it was recommended for protection in 1978 and became part of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve in 2015. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Protected StatusNational Park or Reserve 1 Connections
In Discipline
Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Oceanography via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
Source Wikidata: Mexico Rocks
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belize, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mexico, found in there.
Sources
1. Mexico Rocks (Wikipedia)
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The site was recommended for designation as a marine preserve in 1978, and was approved in 2015 as a part of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve.
Wikidata: Mexico Rocks
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