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Welcome to the Map Library of the Cocos Island Geoportal. Here you will find an extensive collection of thematic maps, organized into four main categories: Protected Wild Areas of the Cocos Marine Conservation Area, their evolution between 1978 and 2021, Cocos Island maps and regional maps of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. Each map includes a description and citation guide, facilitating their use in research, education and environmental management projects.
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Protected Wild Areas of the ACMC
Protected Wild Areas of the ACMC (2021)
Current boundaries of Cocos Island National Park and the Bicentennial Marine Management Area within Costa Rica's Exclusive Economic Zone, showing the location of the seamounts and of the Cocos Submarine Volcanic Range.
Expansion of the Protected Wild Areas (2001-2021)
Comparison of the Cocos Island National Park boundaries in 2001 and 2021 and of the Marine Management Area in 2011 and 2021, showing the scale of the expansion decreed in 2021.
Geographic coordinates of the ACMC Protected Wild Areas
Official latitude and longitude coordinates of the vertices of Cocos Island National Park (54,844.172 km²) and the Bicentennial Marine Management Area (106,283.662 km²), under Executive Decree No. 43368-MINAE.
Distance in nautical miles to the vertices of the PNIC
Distances in nautical miles from the centre of Cocos Island to the four vertices of Cocos Island National Park, with the latitude and longitude of each one.
Distance in nautical miles to the vertices of the AMMB
Distances in nautical miles from the centre of Cocos Island to the five vertices of the Bicentennial Marine Management Area, with the latitude and longitude of each one.
Distances between mainland Costa Rica and Cocos Island
Straight-line distances from Chatham Bay to five points on the Pacific coast and from the country's four main marinas to Wafer Bay, ranging from 492 to 603 km.
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Evolution of the Protected Wild Areas (1978-2021)
1978 · Creation of Cocos Island National Park
On 22 June 1978 Cocos Island and its islets were declared a National Park under Executive Decree No. 8748-A-MAG, covering a total area of 24 km².
1984 · First expansion of the PNIC
On 14 June 1984 Executive Decree No. 15514-MAG extended the park 5 km seaward from the island's edge, reaching a total area of 235 km².
1991 · Second expansion of the PNIC
On 9 January 1991 Executive Decree No. 20260-MIRENEM pushed the park boundary to 15 km from the island's edge, reaching a total area of 1,352 km².
2001 · Third expansion of the PNIC
On 23 August 2001 Executive Decree No. 29834-MINAE expanded the park to 22.22 km (15 nautical miles) from the island's edge, reaching a total area of 2,035 km².
2011 · Creation of the Seamounts Marine Management Area
On 3 March 2011 Executive Decree No. 36452 created the Seamounts Marine Management Area surrounding the PNIC — amended by Decree No. 36727-MINAET of 23 June 2011 — with a total area of 9,649 km².
2021 · Fourth expansion of the PNIC and creation of the AMMB
On 17 December 2021 Executive Decree No. 43368-MINAE brought the fourth expansion of Cocos Island National Park (54,844 km²) and the second of the Marine Management Area, renamed the Bicentennial Marine Management Area (106,283.6 km²).
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Cocos Island maps
Physical map of Cocos Island
Relief, contour lines, river network and place names of the island, together with the dive, anchorage and reef-monitoring sites and the length of the four established trails.
Dive sites of Cocos Island
Location and coordinates of the 19 dive sites authorised by the ACMC, from Manuelita and Chatham in the north to Dos Amigos and Bajo Alcyone in the south.
Wafer Base infrastructure
Layout of the 19 facilities at Wafer Base classified by use: administration and management, lodging and residence, operational infrastructure, sustainable production, energy and recreation.
Cocos Island infrastructure
The 19 buildings of the Wafer Bay sector over the trail network, contour lines and watercourses, including the water intakes, viewpoints and the Gissler caves.
Geomorphology of Cocos Island
Geomorphological units of the island — Pleistocene basalts, volcanic cones, craters, structural plateaus, valleys, active cliffs and coral reefs — after Bergoeing (2019).
Watersheds of Cocos Island
The 25 watersheds of the island with their rivers and streams, from the Genio and Yglesias rivers to the Camarón, Escorpión and Albatros creeks.
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Regional maps
Map of oceanic Costa Rica
Costa Rica's 27 marine protected areas and 13 responsible fishing areas, together with the fishery management zones and the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor. The country protects 30% of its marine territory.
Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR)
The core and management areas of the CMAR across Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador: 643,586 km² of marine protected areas sheltering more than 2,600 species of flora and fauna, many of them endemic and endangered.
Distances between Cocos Island and the CMAR core islands
Distances from Cocos Island to Coiba (610 km), Malpelo (626 km), the Galápagos Islands (781 km) and Gorgona (1,028 km), over the marine protected areas of the four countries of the corridor.
Geology of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor
The Cocos, Nazca and Caribbean plates, ridges, trenches and fracture zones of the CMAR, with the seamounts and the geological features associated with the region's oceanic islands.