![A beautiful island turned into a National park in 1997. Coiba's underwater topography is linked by the underwater Coco Ridge mountain chain to the Galápagos Islands. Scientists from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have proclaimed it an unparalleled destination for discovering new species. Rachel Collin, a Smithsonian project coordinator said: "It's hard to imagine, while snorkeling around a tropical island that's so close to the United States, that half the animals you see are unknown to science.”[1]](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6035245/9d271637-7e05-4d40-9a5d-4e2c908e1859.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1200&h=500&q=medium)
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