Moriah Harbour Cay National Park | |
Map: | Bahamas |
Label: | Moriah Harbour Cay National Park |
Coordinates: | 23.4613°N -75.6755°W |
Area: | 16800acres |
Established: | 2002 |
Governing Body: | Bahamas National Trust |
Url: | https://bnt.bs/explore/exuma/moriah-harbour-cay-national-park/ |
Moriah Harbour Cay National Park is a national park in Exuma, the Bahamas. The reserve was established in 2002 and, after expansion in 2015,[1] has an area of 16800acres.[2]
On land, the park provides nesting sites for gull-billed and least terns, nighthawks, oystercatchers, plovers, and a resident pair of ospreys. Plants found at the park include buttonwoods, bay cedar, palmettos and sea oats. The park's mangroves provide a nursery for crabs, crawfish, conch, mangrove snappers, yellowtails and groupers.