Bunaken is an island of 8 km, part of the Bunaken National Marine Park . Bunaken is located at the northern tip of the island of Sulawesi , Indonesia . It belongs administratively to the municipality of Manado . Scuba diving attracts many visitors to the island.
3-463: Bunaken National Park extends over an area of 890.65 km of which only 3% is terrestrial, including Bunaken Island, as well as the islands of Manado Tua , Mantehage, Nain and Siladen. The waters of Bunaken National Marine Park are up to 1,566 m deep in Manado Bay , with temperatures ranging between 27 and 29 °C. It has a high diversity of - corals, fish, echinoderms and sponges. Notably, 7 of
6-429: A trap for free swimming larvae. This is particularly true on the south side of the crescent-shaped Bunaken Island, lying in the heart of the park . A snorkeler or diver in the vicinity of Lekuan or Fukui may spot over 33 species of butterfly fish and numerous types of groupers , damsels, wrasses and gobies . The gobies, smallish fish with bulging eyes and modified fins that allow them to attach to hard surfaces, are
9-594: The 8 species of giant clams that occur in the world, occur in Bunaken. It also claims to have seven times more genera of coral than Hawaii , and has more than 70% of all the known fish species of the Indo-Western Pacific . Oceanic currents may explain, in part, why Bunaken National Marine Park has such a high level of biodiversity. Northeasterly currents generally sweep through the park but abundant counter currents and gyros related to lunar cycles are believed to be
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