Oranjestad Reef Islands

{{short description|Islands in Aruba in the Dutch Caribbean}}

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| name = Oranjestad Reef Islands

| image = Luchtopname. Oranjestad, Aruba., Bestanddeelnr 935-1225.jpg

| image_caption = Aerial picture of Oranjestad with Reef Islands

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| map = Aruba

| map_relief = 1

| map_caption = Location in Aruba

| label_position = none

| location = Oranjestad, Aruba

| coordinates = {{coord|12|30|34|N|70|02|21|W|display=title, inline}}

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The Oranjestad Reef Islands lie just off the western coast of the island of Aruba, a constituent island nation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Dutch Caribbean, adjacent to the central harbour of the capital Oranjestad. They form a 309 ha site encompassing sand and boulder coral islets, on a substrate of submerged reef, which can vary in size and shape following winter storms and hurricanes. The area has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International as a breeding site for Sandwich and common terns. {{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oranjestad-reef-islands-iba-aruba-(to-netherlands) |title= Oranjestad Reef Islands |author= |date=2007 |website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 17 October 2020|quote=}}