Ostional, Costa Rica

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Ostional, Costa Rica is a coastal village on the Nicoya Peninsula famed for its massive arribadas, when hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest.

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Ostional, Costa Rica canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
arribadasFrequency several times per year ⓘ
arribadasPeakMonths roughly August to December ⓘ
climate tropical climate ⓘ
coastType Pacific coast ⓘ
conservationStatus part of a national wildlife refuge ⓘ
country Costa Rica ⓘ
governedBy municipality of Santa Cruz ⓘ
hasAccess by road from Nosara and Santa Cruz ⓘ
hasActivity beach tourism ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
sea turtle watching ⓘ
surfing ⓘ
hasCommunity conservation-oriented residents ⓘ
local fishing families ⓘ
hasConservationProgram community-based sea turtle egg harvest program ⓘ
hasEconomyBasedOn fishing ⓘ
sea turtle-related ecotourism ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEcosystem marine-coastal ecosystem ⓘ
hasEvent arribadas of olive ridley sea turtles ⓘ
hasFeature black sand beach ⓘ
coastal village setting ⓘ
turtle nesting beach ⓘ
hasInfrastructure basic tourist services ⓘ
small lodges and cabins ⓘ
unpaved roads ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Ostional ⓘ
hasSeason dry season ⓘ
rainy season ⓘ
hasWildlife Lepidochelys olivacea ⓘ
olive ridley sea turtle ⓘ
knownFor massive arribadas of olive ridley sea turtles ⓘ
sea turtle nesting beach ⓘ
languageUsed Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Guanacaste Province ⓘ
Nicoya Peninsula ⓘ
locatedOn Pacific coast of Costa Rica ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean ⓘ
nearbyPlace Nosara ⓘ
Playa Guiones ⓘ
partOf Santa Cruz canton ⓘ
region northwestern Costa Rica ⓘ
subjectTo Costa Rican environmental regulations ⓘ
timeZone Central Standard Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
tourismType low-impact tourism ⓘ
nature-based tourism ⓘ
UTCOffset −6 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

olive ridley sea turtle → majorNestingBeach → Ostional, Costa Rica ⓘ
Lepidochelys olivacea → majorNestingSite → Ostional, Costa Rica ⓘ