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Location
The Belize Barrier Reef is over 170 miles long and is the second longest reef in the world. There are three atolls along the reef: Glovers Reef, Lighthouse Reef and the Turneffe Islands. The Turneffe Islands atoll is the largest of the three covering approximately 850 sq. km. The Institute of Marine Studies field station is located on a 5 acre plot on the east coast of Calabash Caye on the southeastern side of Turneffe.
The facility is easily reached by crossing the atoll through the lagoon and mangrove channels. The approximate distance from Belize City is 32 miles and may take anywhere from 1-3 hours, depending on the vessel and weather conditions. Calabash Caye has a dense cover of coconut trees, mature palm forest, other low-vegetation and is fringed on the lagoon side with mangroves. On the eastern exposed side, there is a well developed fringing reef separated from the shore by a shallow area of seagrass beds. A cut in the reef allows access to the reef drop-off, which runs the length of the atoll.
Press Release
27.01.2012
UB continues to focus upon development of Belize
The University of Belize will hold its Fourteenth Commencement Exercises at 10 a.m. on Saturday 28 January for students, who have successfully completed their course of study at the University’s Cen ...read more
