Desembarco del Granma National Park

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Desembarco del Granma National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed protected area in southeastern Cuba, renowned for its dramatic marine terraces, coastal cliffs, and historical significance as the landing site of Fidel Castro’s Granma yacht.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Cuban Revolution ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Che Guevara ⓘ
Fidel Castro ⓘ
Raúl Castro ⓘ
biodiversitySignificance high level of plant endemism ⓘ
important habitat for endemic Cuban fauna ⓘ
contains Las Coloradas landing site ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Cuba ⓘ
designation National Park of Cuba ⓘ
geologicalFeature cliffs up to several hundred meters high ⓘ
escarpments ⓘ
limestone terraces ⓘ
geologicalSignificance one of the most outstanding and extensive systems of marine terraces in the world ⓘ
governingBody Cuban environmental authorities ⓘ
hasConservationValue protection of endemic and threatened species ⓘ
protection of unique coastal and marine terrace landscapes ⓘ
hasEcosystem coastal shrubland ⓘ
mangroves ⓘ
marine ecosystems ⓘ
tropical dry forest ⓘ
hasView stepped marine terraces descending to the sea ⓘ
historicalSignificance landing site of the yacht Granma in 1956 ⓘ
IUCNCategory II (National Park) ⓘ
knownFor coastal cliffs ⓘ
karst formations ⓘ
marine terraces ⓘ
well-preserved uplifted marine terraces ⓘ
languageOfToponym Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Granma Province ⓘ
southeastern Cuba ⓘ
marineComponent Caribbean Sea coastline ⓘ
partOf Caribbean region ⓘ
Cuba’s National System of Protected Areas ⓘ
tourismActivity birdwatching ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
nature observation ⓘ
translationOfName Landing of the Granma National Park ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(viii) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageID 889 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Latin America and the Caribbean ⓘ
linked to: Latin America
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1999 ⓘ

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Playa Las Coloradas → partOf → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
Granma Province → contains → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
Granma Province → tourismAttraction → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
Southern Cuba → hasProtectedArea → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Cuba
Niquero → near → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
Niquero → hasHeritageStatusNearby → UNESCO World Heritage Site Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
linked to: Desembarco del Granma National Park
Cabo Cruz → locatedIn → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
Cabo Cruz → partOf → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
Cabo Cruz → partOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
linked to: Desembarco del Granma National Park
Cabo Cruz → locatedInProtectedArea → Desembarco del Granma National Park ⓘ
Cabo Cruz → UNESCOWorldHeritageContext → Desembarco del Granma National Park inscribed in 1999 ⓘ
linked to: Desembarco del Granma National Park