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Coordinates: 22°22′58″N 89°40′57.8″W / 22.38278°N 89.682722°W

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Scorpion Reef
Native name: Arrecife Alacranes
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Scorpion Reef
Geography
Location	Gulf of Mexico Progreso Municipality Yucatán, Mexico
Coordinates	22°22′58″N 89°40′57.8″W / 22.38278°N 89.682722°W / 22.38278; -89.682722
Archipelago	Campeche Bank
Total islands	5
Major islands	Isla Pérez
Administration
Mexico


Ramsar Wetland
Official name	Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes
Designated	2 February 2008
Reference no.	1820^[1]

Scorpion Reef (Spanish: Arrecife Alacranes) is an atoll containing a small group of islets in the Gulf of Mexico, about 125 kilometres (78 mi; 67 NM) off the northern coast of the state of Yucatán, Mexico.^[2] Designated a national park, the reef is part of the Campeche Bank archipelago and is the largest reef in the southern Gulf of Mexico.^[3]^[4] It contains five main vegetated islands: Isla Pérez, Isla Desertora, Isla Pájaros, Isla Chica, and Isla Desterrada.^[3]^[4] Isla Pérez is the only inhabited island and includes a lighthouse.^[3] The reef, including its islets and surrounding waters, has been recognised as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it supports a population of magnificent frigatebirds.^[5]

History

The British postal steamer Tweed was wrecked on the reef en route from Havana to Veracruz in 1847, with the loss of 72 lives and a cargo of mercury.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ "Alacranes Reef". Yucatan Today. 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Arrecife Alacrán". GulfBase. Archived from the original on 24 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Instituto Nacional de Ecología" (in Spanish). Parque Marino Nacional Arrecife Alacranes. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ "Arrecife Alacranes". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
^ "The Wreck of the West India Ship Tweed". The Times. No. 19519. London. 9 April 1847. col A-E, p. 5.
^ Alone in Mexico: The astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848. University of Alabama Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-8173-1588-7.