Bunaken National Park

Bunaken National Park
Taman Nasional Bunaken
IUCN category II (national park)
Bunaken Island seen from Manado Tua Island.
Bunaken NP Location in Sulawesi
Location	North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Nearest city	Manado
Coordinates	1°40′N 124°39′E / 1.667°N 124.650°E / 1.667; 124.650
Area	890 square kilometres (89,000 ha)
Established	1991
Visitors	ca.35,000[1] (in 2003-06)
Governing body	Ministry of Environment and Forestry

Bunaken National Park is a marine park in the north of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia. The park is located near the centre of the Coral Triangle, providing habitat to 390 species of coral^[2] as well as many fish, mollusks, reptiles and marine mammal species. The park is representative of Indonesian tropical water ecosystems, consisting of seagrass plains, coral reefs and coastal ecosystems.^[3]

It was established as a national park in 1991 and is among the first of Indonesia's growing system of marine parks. It covers a total area of 890.65 km², 97% of which is marine habitat. The remaining 3% of the park is terrestrial, including the five islands of Bunaken, Manado Tua, Mantehage, Nain, and Siladen. The southern part of the Park covers part of the Tanjung Kelapa coast.^[3]