Coordinates: 17°8′13.80″N, 88°38′40.12″W Blue Hole National Park is a national park located just off the Hummingbird Highway in Cayo District of Belize, near Belmopan, the capital city. It is over 500 acres (2 km²) in area, and contains two cave systems (St. Hermans and Crystal), various natural trails, and the cool jungle pool from which the park gets its name. The park is managed by the Belize Audubon Society. Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... The Hummingbird Highway as seen from atop the Blue Hole NP Observation tower The Hummingbird Highway is one of the four major highways in Belize. ... The Cayo District is a district in the west of the nation of Belize. ... Belmopan, estimated population 12,300, is the capital of Belize. ... Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico This article is about natural caves; for artificial caves used as dwellings, such as those in north China, see yaodong. ... Box Log Falls, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia Jungle usually refers to a dense forest in a hot climate, such as a tropical rainforest. ...

This inland "blue hole" is not to be confused with the offshore Great Blue Hole, also in Belize. The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off of the coast of Belize. ...

Flora and fauna

The park has over 200 species of birds, including unusual tropical species such as the Slaty Antbird, Piratic Flycatcher and Red-legged Honeycreeper. Species considered local specialties are Tody Motmot and Northern Nightingale-Wren. Binomial name Legatus leucophaius (Vieillot, 1818) The Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius, is a passerine bird, the only member of the genus Legatus. ... Binomial name Cyanerpes cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus is a small bird in the tanager family. ...

The Ocelot, Jaguarundi, and Jaguar have all been recorded in Blue Hole National Park. Binomial name Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), also known as painted leopard, tigrillo or McNenneys wildcat, is a wild cat distributed over South and Central America and Mexico, but has been reported as far north as Texas and in Trinidad, in the Caribbean. ... Binomial name Herpailurus yaguarondi (Lacépède, 1809) The Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi) is a medium-sized Central and South American wild cat: length 30 inches (65 cm) with 20 inches (45 cm) of tail. ... For other uses, see Jaguar (disambiguation). ...

References

Wheatley, Nigel and Brewer, David. Where to Watch Birds in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2001.

See also

• Cenote

Sacred Cenote, Chichén Itzá Cenote in Quintana Roo, Mexico Cenote (pronounced in Spanish seh-no-teh and in English say-no-tay, plural: cenotes) is the name given in Central America and southern Mexico to a type of freshwater-filled limestone sinkhole. ...

External links

http://www.belizeaudubon.org/html/parks/bhnp.htm

http://centralamerica.com/belize/parks/bluehole.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbonesteak/402353543/

A 360 degree view from the observation tower at Blue Hole National Park, Belize CA

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