Natural monuments of Mexico
Mexico's natural monuments (or Monumentos Naturales in Spanish) are protected natural areas.
Five areas – Bonampak, Cerro de La Silla, Río Bravo del Norte, Yagul, and Yaxchilán – are designated by the Mexican federal government and are administrated by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP). Six others are designated and administered by state governments.UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Mexico from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 2 October 2021. [https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/country/MEX] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924210955/https://www.protectedplanet.net/en/country/MEX |date=2021-09-24 }}
CONANP defines Natural Monuments as areas that contain one or more natural elements, that have a unique character, aesthetic, historic, or scientific value, that require absolute protection. Sites do not need to have a variety of ecosystems to be included in this category.{{cite web |url=http://www.conanp.gob.mx/anp/mn.php |title=CONANP's Natural Monuments page |language=Spanish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302082041/http://www.conanp.gob.mx/anp/mn.php |archivedate=2007-03-02 }}
List of natural monuments
As of September 2021, there were eleven sites in Mexico designated as natural monuments.
- Bernal de Horcasitas in Tamaulipas (156.77 km² km2). Designated in 1997.
- Bonampak in Chiapas (43.57 km2). Designated in 1993.
- Cerro del Muerto in Aguascalientes (58.36 km2). Designated in 2008.
- Cerro de la Silla in Nuevo Leon (60.39 km2). Designated in 1991.
- El Sótano de Las Golondrinas in San Luis Potosí (2.82 km2). Designated in 2001.
- Gruta del Cerro Coconá in Tabasco (2.85 km2). Designated in 1988.
- La Hoya de las Huahuas in San Luis Potosí (4.06 km2). Designated in 2001.
- Río Bravo del Norte Natural Monument in Coahuila (21.75 km2). Designated in 2009.
- Siete Luminarias Volcanic Region in Guanajuato (89.28 km2). Designated in 1997.
- Yagul in Oaxaca (10.76 km2). Designated in 1999.
- Yaxchilan in Chiapas (26.21 km2). Designated in 1992.
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