| Dr. Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge | | | | Location: | Costa Rica | | Nearest city: | Tortuguero | | Area: | 109 acres | | Established: | 1994 | | Governing body: | National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) | Dr. Archie Carr Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge located within the Tortuguero Conservation Area, in the Limón Province of northeastern Costa Rica. The refuge is located north of the village of Tortuguero, between the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge and the Tortuguero National Park. It is named after Dr. Archie Carr, who set up the Caribbean Conservation Corporation in the same area in 1955. Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ...
Tortuguero (translated as Place of Turtles) is a village on the Northern coast of Costa Rica, and also the name of a national park. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
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A Wildlife refuge is a geographic territory within which wildlife is protected. ...
Limón is a province of Costa Rica. ...
Tortuguero (translated as Place of Turtles) is a village on the Northern coast of Costa Rica, and also the name of a national park. ...
Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge, part of the Tortuguero Conservation Area, in Limón Province in the northeastern part of Costa Rica. ...
Tortuguero National Park is a National Park within the Tortuguero Conservation Area. ...
Archie Carr (June 16, 1909–May 21, 1987) was a Professor of Zoology at the University of Florida and a pioneering conservationist. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The refuge is located on the Caribbean shore, and is the site of the John H. Phipps Biological Station, which operates a sea turtle-tagging program among other research activities on its beaches, as well as the Casa Verde Visitor's Center. World map depicting Caribbean: West Indies redirects here. ...
Genera Family Cheloniidae (Oppel, 1811) Caretta Lepidochelys Chelonia Eretmochelys Natator Family Dermochelyidae Family Protostegidae (extinct) Family Toxochelyidae (extinct) Family Thalassemyidae (extinct) Sea turtles (Chelonioidea) are turtles found in all the worlds oceans with the exception of the Arctic Ocean, and some species travel between oceans. ...
90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ...
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