The MesoAmerican Barrier Reef is the fourth longest barrier reef in the world, after the New Caledonia Barrier Reef. It is located at the southern most end of the Belize Barrier reef and is an oval-shaped atoll measuring 32km long and 12km wide. It is one of three atolls of the Belize Barrier Reef, along with Glover's Reef and Lighthouse Reef. The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is the second largest barrier reef in the world. The Mesoamerican Reef region lies in the Caribbean Sea, extending from Isla Contoy on the north of the Yucatan Peninsula to the Bay Islands of Honduras. The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, with a length of 943 km long, is the the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere. The Mesoamerican Reef region lies within the Caribbean Sea and touches the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras.

It is also an UNESCO World Heritage site. The reef system goes from the Bay Islands of Honduras through Guatemala and Belize and up to the tip of the Isla Contoy at the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, a distance of over 1,000 kilometers.
It contains the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, stretching nearly 700 miles from the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula down through the Honduran Bay Islands. It is approximately 30 miles (48 kilometres) long and 10 miles (16 kilometres) wide, making it the largest coral atoll in Belize and in the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System. Roatan’s fringing coral reef is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the second largest barrier reef in the world, that runs from Mexico, down to Panama. It is habitat for hundreds of fish-species, marine-turtles, and sharks. It is also the only extensive reef system in the continental United States. Located in the Caribbean Sea, the massive barrier stretches an unbelievable 700 miles from the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula down through the Honduran Bay Islands. This reef system, with over 500 fish species and 100 coral types, gives you some of the best snorkeling and diving in the Riviera Maya and Costa Maya.

The Mesoamerican Reef stretches from the Mexican Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula to the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras. After a long weekend of "mowing the lawn" with a high-resolution multibeam mapping system, the Corps of Exploration aboard E/V Nautilus have created the first high resolution maps of the Mesoamerican reef.The image above shows the known seafloor along Lighthouse Reef off Belize after and before Nautilus mapping activities in the area. One of the three off-shore atolls within the Belize barrier reef section of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef is Glover’s Reef Atoll, approximately 45 km off the coast of Belize. This reef system includes a near continuous barrier reef, which runs for 220 km off the coast of Belize.

The Mesoamerican Reef contains the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere and the 2 nd largest barrier reef in the world. This Barrier Reef begins at the top of the Yucatan Peninsula and runs south to Belize and beyond. Overfishing is the most pervasive threat to reefs in the Mesoamerican reef. The reef system includes many protected areas and parks including the Belize Barrier Reef, Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, and the Cayos Cochinos Marine Park. The Florida Keys Reef Tract is the third largest living coral barrier reef system in the world behind the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System off the coasts of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. The atoll was officially declared a marine reserve on November 22, 2012.


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