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Laguna de Las Marites Natural Monument
Laguna de Las Marites Natural Monument. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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The Laguna de las Marites Natural Monument (Monumento Natural Laguna de las Marites), or Las Marites Lagoon Natural Monument, is a protected hypersaline lagoon with Natural Monument status located on the south-east coastal plain of Margarita Island, in Nueva Esparta state in the north-west of Venezuela. It was declared a Natural Monument on 27 February 1974.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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