Ballena Marine National Park is a national park in Puntarenas Province in Costa Rica, part of the Osa Conservation Area. It was created by executive decree on 9 June 1992 as a protected area for migrating humpback whales, from which it takes its name, since ballena is the Spanish word for whale. The park covers about 5,160 hectares of marine waters and 171 hectares of land, and the whales it protects arrive to breed between December and April before traveling north to feeding grounds off the west coast of the United States and southern British Columbia from June to November.
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Designation Category Established Year Governing BodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) 1 Classification
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1. Ballena Marine National Park (Wikipedia)
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is a national park of Costa Rica, part of the Osa Conservation Area created as a safe area for
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park was created by executive decree Nº 21294-MIRENEM on 9 June 1992.
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Ballena Marine National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Marino Ballena), is a national park of Costa Rica, part of the Osa Conservation Area created as a safe area for humpback whale migration, hence its name, as Ballena is the Spanish word for whale.
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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
On Continent: North America, Lead paragraph names Costa Rica; continent follows from the atlas record for Costa Rica
Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Marino Ballena), is a national park of Costa Rica
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