Declared a national park in 1972, the archipelago has an area of approximately 40 square kilometers, although it encompasses a marine ecological system that is around 220,000 hectares (2,200 sq km; 849 sq miles) , and is made up of coral islands and rocky islets, coral reefs, among other wonders of nature, according to information from the Venezuelan Society of Ecology (SVE).
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