Ostional, Costa Rica
E586656
Ostional, Costa Rica is a coastal village on the Nicoya Peninsula famed for its massive arribadas, when hundreds of thousands of olive ridley sea turtles come ashore to nest.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human settlement
ⓘ
village ⓘ |
| arribadasFrequency | several times per year ⓘ |
| arribadasPeakMonths | roughly August to December ⓘ |
| climate | tropical climate ⓘ |
| coastType | Pacific coast ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | part of a national wildlife refuge ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| governedBy | municipality of Santa Cruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccess | by road from Nosara and Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
beach tourism
ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ sea turtle watching ⓘ surfing ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
conservation-oriented residents
ⓘ
local fishing families ⓘ |
| hasConservationProgram | community-based sea turtle egg harvest program ⓘ |
| hasEconomyBasedOn |
fishing
ⓘ
sea turtle-related ecotourism ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasEcosystem | marine-coastal ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasEvent | arribadas of olive ridley sea turtles ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
black sand beach
ⓘ
coastal village setting ⓘ turtle nesting beach ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
basic tourist services
ⓘ
small lodges and cabins ⓘ unpaved roads ⓘ |
| hasProtectedArea | Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Ostional NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSeason |
dry season
ⓘ
rainy season ⓘ |
| hasWildlife |
Lepidochelys olivacea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
olive ridley sea turtle ⓘ |
| knownFor |
massive arribadas of olive ridley sea turtles
ⓘ
sea turtle nesting beach ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guanacaste Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nicoya Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Pacific coast of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| nearbyBodyOfWater | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyPlace |
Nosara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Playa Guiones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Santa Cruz canton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | northwestern Costa Rica ⓘ |
| subjectTo | Costa Rican environmental regulations ⓘ |
| timeZone |
Central Time Zone
ⓘ
surface form:
Central Standard Time
|
| tourismType |
low-impact tourism
ⓘ
nature-based tourism ⓘ |
| UTCOffset | −6 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
olive ridley sea turtle