Macizo Cuao-Sipapo y Cerro Moriche
Monumento Natural · Venezuela · 4°43′N 66°52′W
What this is
Macizo Cuao-Sipapo y Cerro Moriche is a monumento natural — a legally designated protected area in Venezuela, covering about 8,391 km², established in 1990. 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: 4 (their total extent ~303 ha, part of which may cross the boundary) — Amazon Mining Watch, cumulative since 2018
- DETER deforestation alerts cover Brazil only; for Venezuela 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): 839,085 ha · 8,391 km²
- Area (official registry): 1,120,000 ha
- Type: Monumento Natural
- Country: Venezuela
- Centre: 4°43′N 66°52′W
From orbit
Esri · Maxar World Imagery — an undated mosaic, not a dated capture.
See it live
- Open on the live map — flown to the boundary with the Protected areas layer on; toggle fires, alerts and mining over it
- Open the 3D globe
More protected areas in Venezuela
- Caura — 75,954 km²
- Parima Tapirapeco — 38,466 km²
- Canaima — 28,282 km²
- Serranía La Neblina — 14,086 km²
- Sierra Maigualida — 14,066 km²
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
- Venezuela — every area with a page, and the country's numbers
- Live dashboard — the 2D map with every layer and the 12-month timeline
- Earth Explorer — the 3D globe and curated places
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