Yapacana National Park

National park in Venezuela

4°00′N 66°35′W / 4.000°N 66.583°W / 4.000; -66.583Area3,200 km² (1,200 sq mi)EstablishedDecember 12, 1978 (1978-12-12)

The Yapacana National Park^[1] (Spanish: Parque nacional Yapacana)^[2] Also Cerro Yapacana National Park Is a protected area with the status of national park^[3] in the South American country of Venezuela^[4] which was formed on December 12, 1978 by executive decree of President Carlos Andres Perez. It is located southwest of the confluence of the Ventuari River on the Orinoco River, in the jurisdiction of the Atabapo municipality of Amazonas state.

Among the ecological and protection objectives of the Yapacana National Park is preserving and conserving areas that represent a valuable scenic and scientific resource, with a pioneering vegetation, a testimony to the evolution of the vegetation with Paleotropic and Neotropic floristic connections.

The Yapacana National Park is located in the southwestern sector of the Guayanese shield in the central western region of the Amazon state between the Orinoco rivers in the south and the Ventuari river in the north and the Yagua river in the west. The park includes the Yapacana hill, typical Pantepuy plateau of the Roraima formation.

References

^ Parque Nacional Cerro Yapacana (Amazonas)
^ Hoyt, Erich (2012-10-02). Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation and Planning. Routledge. ISBN 9781136538308.
^ IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas. IUCN. 1982-01-01. p. 380. ISBN 9780907567622. Parque nacional yapacana.
^ (Venezuela), Instituto Nacional de Parques; (Venezuela), Fundación de Educación Ambiental (1983-01-01). Los Parques nacionales de Venezuela (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Parques.