Scuba Diver Ocean Planet Issue 06/2016 | Page 130

BUNAKEN NATIONAL PARK lies near the centre of the unparalleled
biodiversity of the perceived Coral Triangle. It is at the very tip of
the very north of Sulawesi, the largest of 7,000 islands in Indonesia.
Beneath the classic volcano shape of Manado Tua, off the west coast of
the nearest city, Manado, are spectacular walls, fringing reefs, slopes
and seagrass areas hosting more than 70 percent of all the known fish
species of the Indo-Western Pacific. This picture shows a typical wall
scene with countless dazzling schools of red-toothed triggerfish and
crinoid feather stars in a rainbow of different colours. SDOP

Breathtaking Bunaken

WHERE NEXT?

crinoids adorn the
spectacular walls in
Bunaken National Park
© Gill McDonald

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EPIC JOURNEYS
No journeys on Earth are more epic than those that
take place in the vast blue beyond. Join SDAA on
extraordinary migrations of marine mage fauna,
and prepare to level-up your wanderlust with tales
of sea safaris through the most exciting waters of
the world. Some journeys will change you forever,
SDAA’s next issue might do the same.

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