Natural monuments of Mexico

Mexico's natural monuments (or Monumentos Naturales in Spanish) are protected natural areas.

Five areas – Bonampak, Cerro de La Silla, Río Bravo del Norte, Yagul, and Yaxchilán – are designated by the Mexican federal government and are administrated by the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP). Six others are designated and administered by state governments.^[1]

CONANP defines Natural Monuments as areas that contain one or more natural elements, that have a unique character, aesthetic, historic, or scientific value, that require absolute protection. Sites do not need to have a variety of ecosystems to be included in this category.^[2]

List of natural monuments

As of September 2021, there were eleven sites in Mexico designated as natural monuments.^[1]

• Bernal de Horcasitas in Tamaulipas (156.77 km² km²). Designated in 1997.
• Bonampak in Chiapas (43.57 km²). Designated in 1993.
• Cerro del Muerto in Aguascalientes (58.36 km²). Designated in 2008.
• Cerro de la Silla in Nuevo Leon (60.39 km²). Designated in 1991.
• El Sótano de Las Golondrinas in San Luis Potosí (2.82 km²). Designated in 2001.
• Gruta del Cerro Coconá in Tabasco (2.85 km²). Designated in 1988.
• La Hoya de las Huahuas in San Luis Potosí (4.06 km²). Designated in 2001.
• Río Bravo del Norte Natural Monument in Coahuila (21.75 km²). Designated in 2009.
• Siete Luminarias Volcanic Region in Guanajuato (89.28 km²). Designated in 1997.
• Yagul in Oaxaca (10.76 km²). Designated in 1999.
• Yaxchilan in Chiapas (26.21 km²). Designated in 1992.

References

1. UNEP-WCMC (2021). Protected Area Profile for Mexico from the World Database of Protected Areas. Accessed 2 October 2021.
2. "CONANP's Natural Monuments page" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-02.

External links

• CONANP's official website^{[permanent dead link]}