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Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is a
national park A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ...
in
Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. The park covers 495.2 km2 and accounts for 4.5% of Jamaica's land surface. It derives its name from the Blue Mountains, the mountain range that runs through it, as well as from the common bird found in the park, the "John crow" ( turkey vulture, ''Cathartes aura''). The park is globally recognized for its
biodiversity Biodiversity is the variability of life, life on Earth. It can be measured on various levels. There is for example genetic variability, species diversity, ecosystem diversity and Phylogenetics, phylogenetic diversity. Diversity is not distribut ...
. This park is the last of two known habitats of the giant swallowtail butterfly ('' Papilio homerus''), the largest butterfly in the Western Hemisphere and also the habitat for the endangered Jamaican blackbird (''Nesopsar nigerrimus''). Additionally, it serves as a refuge for the Jamaican boa (''Chilabothrus subflavus'') and the Jamaican hutia (''
Geocapromys brownii The Jamaican coney (''Geocapromys brownii''), also known as the Jamaican hutia or Brown's hutia, is a small, endangered, rat-like mammal found only on the island of Jamaica. About the size of a rabbit, it lives in group nests and is active at nig ...
''). The park was inscribed to be a
UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...
World Heritage Site World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection under an treaty, international treaty administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance. The sites are judged to contain "cultural and natural ...
for mixed criteria (cultural and natural) on 3 July 2015.


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Explore the Blue and John Crow Mountains in the UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture
National parks of Jamaica Geography of Portland Parish Tourist attractions in Portland Parish Blue Mountains (Jamaica) {{Jamaica-stub