Glover's Reef Atoll, is named after the 17th century pirate John Glover, who used the remote islands as the base for his raids against Spanish galleons heading to and from the Bay Islands of Honduras.
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Diving the Southern Barrier Reef typically produces sightings of rays, turtles, eels, stingrays, dolphins and several shark species, as well as almost every kind of tropical reef fish.
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Turneffe Atoll is surrounded by mangrove islands. These islands special as they are the nurseries on which most marine life depend to insure juvenile protection and biological productivity.
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