Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park

Designations
Official nameMarismas de Santoña
Designated4 October 1994
Reference no.707[1]

The Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park is an estuary in Cantabria, protected as a natural park. It is one of the wetlands of most ecological value in the north of Spain, and is used as a winter refuge and migratory passage by many species of birds and fishes.

Formed by the Asón River, the park occupies 3,866 hectares, distributed among the municipalities of Argoños, Bárcena de Cicero, Colindres, Escalante, Laredo, Limpias, Noja, Santoña and Voto.

Panorama

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marismas de Santoña". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

External links

  • Media related to Marismas de Santoña, Victoria y Joyel Natural Park at Wikimedia Commons

43°25′58″N 3°28′57″W / 43.43278°N 3.48250°W / 43.43278; -3.48250


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