What is Cocos Island?
{{Infobox World Heritage Site | WHS = Cocos Island National Park | Image = [[Image:Isla del coco.jpg|300px]]<br><small>Cocos Island</small> | Type = Natural | Criteria = ix, x | ID = 820 | Region = [[Central America]] | Year = 1997 | Session = 21st | Extension = 2002 | Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/820 | locmapin = | relief = 1 | map_caption = }} '''Coco Island''' is a tropical [[island]] that is part of [[Costa Rica]]. The island covers {{convert|24|km2|abbr=off}}. It has two bays in the north. It is {{convert|500|km|abbr=off}} southwest of the Costa Rican mainland. It was declared a [[World Heritage Site]] in 1997 for its animals and its beauty.{{fact|date=April 2009}} Today, the only people who live there are four [[national park]] guards who patrol the park. Ships leave from [[Puntarenas]], a [[port]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The island is one of the world's best [[diving]] spots. It is famous for its massive schools of different fish, [[hammerhead shark]]s, [[manta ray]]s, and [[whale shark]]s. The island is also famous because of the legend about [[pirate]]s. It is said that this island was chosen by them to hide their treasures. Many people have gone there to look for this hidden treasures but they didn’t find any. The island has [[waterfall]]s, some of them {{convert|200|ft|abbr=off|disp=flip}} high. There are also a few animals which were brought from other places because there are no native [[mammal]]s. Also some [[bird]]s were brought. The island has just one kind of [[butterfly]] and two [[lizard]] species. The highest point, called Mount Iglesias, is {{convert|575|ft|abbr=off|disp=flip}} high. {{WHSite}} [[Category:National parks in Costa Rica]] [[Category:Islands of Central America]] [[Category:Pacific islands]] [[Category:World Heritage Sites in North America]] {{North-America-stub}}