National Marine Park of Zakynthos

National Marine Park of Zakynthos
National Marine Park of Zakynthos
IUCN category II (national park)
	Marathonissi islet
	Zakynthos Marine Park
Location	Zakynthos, Greece
Nearest city	Patras
Coordinates	37°42′18″N 20°53′18″E / 37.70501°N 20.88844°E
Area	135 square kilometres (52 sq mi)
Established	December, 1999
Governing body	joint venture between ministries

The National Marine Park of Zakynthos (Greek: Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο Ζακύνθου) founded in 1999, is a national park located in Laganas bay, in Zakynthos island, Greece. The park, part of the Natura 2000 ecological network,^[1] covers an area of 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi) and is the habitat of the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). It is the first national park established for the protection of sea turtles in the Mediterranean.^[2]

^ "Turtle Tracks" (PDF). Archelon, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
^ Dimitrios Dimopoulos. "The National Marine Park of Zakynthos: A Refuge for the Loggerhead Turtle in the Mediterranean" (shtml). Marine Turtle Newsletter 93:5-9, 2001. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

[1] "Turtle Tracks" (PDF). Archelon, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

[dimopoulos-2] Dimitrios Dimopoulos. "The National Marine Park of Zakynthos: A Refuge for the Loggerhead Turtle in the Mediterranean" (shtml). Marine Turtle Newsletter 93:5-9, 2001. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

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