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Vigo is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, it sits on the southern shore of an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, the Ria de Vigo, the southernmost of the Rías Baixas. It is the capital of the comarca of Vigo.
Image: Vigo panoramico
Image: Pazo Quiñones de León, Castrelos edited
Image: ´El Sireno´ (male mermaid), sculpture by Francisco Leiro (foreground), El Moderno building, Rua Policarpo Sanz. Vigo, Galicia, Spain,Southwestern Europe edited
Image: Illas Cies Praia
The Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park is the only national park located in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain. It comprises the archipelagos of Cíes, Ons, Sálvora and Cortegada. The park covers a land area of 1,200 ha and a sea area of 7,200 ha. It is the tenth most visited national park in Spain. It was the thirteenth national park to be established in Spain. Since 2021 it has been designated as a protected Ramsar site.
Ons Archipelago
Salvora and nearby village of Aguiño
The park is home to the largest colony of European shag in Europe