Isla de la Corota

Santuario de Fauna y Flora · Colombia · 1°08′N 77°09′W

What this is

Isla de la Corota is a santuario de fauna y flora — a legally designated protected area in Colombia, covering about 0 km², established in 2007. IUCN category Ib (Wilderness area). Administered at the nacional level. What is permitted inside depends on the category — strict reserves allow almost nothing, national forests and extractive reserves allow managed use — so a detection here is a reason to look, not a verdict.

Detections centred inside · as of 2026-08-23

  • Illegal-mining scars: 0 — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
  • DETER deforestation alerts cover Brazil only; for Colombia the live dashboard shows Global Forest Watch's integrated alerts over this boundary
  • Active fires are a 48-hour feed and change daily — see them live on the dashboard below

A detection counts here when its centre point falls inside the boundary at the time of the monthly bake; extents are the detections' own areas and can straddle the edge. A detection is a satellite-seen change, not a verdict on legality.

Key figures

  • Area (GIS): 16 ha · 0 km²
  • Area (official registry): 8 ha
  • Type: Santuario de Fauna y Flora
  • Country: Colombia
  • Centre: 1°08′N 77°09′W

From orbit

Satellite view around the centre of Isla de la Corota

Esri · Maxar World Imagery — an undated mosaic, not a dated capture.

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Source

Boundary, category and area: RAISG (Amazon Network of Georeferenced Socio-Environmental Information). Mining: Amazon Mining Watch (Earth Genome, CC-BY 4.0). Alerts: INPE DETER. Joined by Canopy Watch on 2026-08-23.

Elsewhere