Nosy Hara National Park

{{Short description|National park in Madagascar}}

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| image_name = Brookesia micra habitat.jpg

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| map = Madagascar

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| location = Madagascar

| coordinates = {{coord|-12.241|49.013|type:isle_region:MG|display=inline,title}}

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| area_km2 = 2.7

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| elevation_m = 104

| country = Madagascar

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Nosy Hara or Nosy Hara National Park is an uninhabited limestone islet in the Diana Region off the northwest coast of Madagascar.{{cite web |last1=Davies |first1=Ella |title=Tiny lizards found in Madagascar |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17028940 |website=BBC Nature |publisher=BBC |accessdate=30 August 2018 |language=en |date=15 February 2012}} It is the habitat of Brookesia micra, the smallest known chameleon.{{cite web|url=http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0031314|title=PLOS ONE: Rivaling the World's Smallest Reptiles: Discovery of Miniaturized and Microendemic New Species of Leaf Chameleons (Brookesia) from Northern Madagascar|publisher=plosone.org|accessdate=2014-06-15}}{{cite book|author=Daniel Austin|title=Madagascar Wildlife|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nypFBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA111|date=10 November 2014|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-557-7|pages=111–}} Since 2007, Nosy Hara has been part of a Marine Protected Area.{{cite book|title=Coral Reef Resilience Assessment of the Nosy Hara Marine Protected Area, Northwest Madagascar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YYLaiIRSG9kC&pg=PA5|publisher=IUCN|isbn=978-2-8317-1192-8|pages=5–}}[http://wwf.panda.org/?199906%2Fmadagascar-nosy-hara-mpa Marine park bolsters community facing climate change | WWF]

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