Monarch Butterfly Reserves
The Monarch Butterfly Reserves are in Michoacán of Mexico. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Millions of monarch butterflies descend on the forests of Michoacan each November and leave for their northward migration around March.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: biosphere reserve
- Description: biosphere reserve
- Also known as: “Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve” and “Mountain of Butterflies”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Angangueo.
Angangueo
Photo: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Angangueo is a small village in Michoacan, Mexico, best known for being the closest town to El Rosario, the most popular entrance to Reserva de la Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca.
Monarch Butterfly Reserves
- Location: Michoacan, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
19.6064° or 19° 36′ 23″ northLongitude
-100.2417° or 100° 14′ 30″ westOpen location code
75FXJQ45+H8Wikidata ID
Q852546
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Satellite Map
Discover Monarch Butterfly Reserves from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Monarch Butterfly Reserves” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Monarka tximeletaren biosfera erreserba”
- Catalan: “Reserva de la biosfera de la Papallona Monarca”
- Chinese: “莫那其蝴蝶生物圈保护区”
- Chinese: “莫那其蝴蝶生物圈保護區”
- Croatian: “Rezervat biosfere leptira Monarha”
- Czech: “Biosférická rezervace monarchy stěhovavého”
- Dutch: “Biosfeerreservaat van de monarchvlinder”
- Finnish: “Mariposa Monarcan biosfäärialue”
- French: “réserve de biosphère du papillon monarque”
- French: “Réserve de biosphère du papillon monarque”
- Georgian: “პეპელა მონარქის ბიოსფერული ნაკრძალი”
- Georgian: “პეპელა-მონარქის ბიოსფერული ნაკრძალი”
- German: “Mariposa Monarca”
- Hebrew: “השמורה הביוספרית של הדנאית המלכותית”
- Hungarian: “Mariposa Monarca Bioszféra-rezervátum”
- Italian: “Riserva della biosfera delle farfalle monarca”
- Japanese: “オオカバマダラ生物圏保護区”
- Lithuanian: “Drugių monarchų biosferos rezervatas”
- Macedonian: “Биосферен резерват на пеперугата монарх”
- Maltese: “Riżerva tal-Bijosfera tal-Friefet Monarki”
- Mingrelian: “ფარფალა-მონარქიშ ბიოსფერული ნაკრძალი”
- Mingrelian: “ფარფალა-მონარქიშ ბიოსფერული ტყაჩირი”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monarksommerfuglreservatet i Michoacán”
- Norwegian: “Monarksommerfuglreservatet i Michoacán”
- Panjabi: “ਮੋਨਾਰਕ ਤਿਤਲੀ ਜੈਵਿਕਮੰਡਲ ਰੱਖ”
- Persian: “ذخیرهگاه زیستکره پروانه شهریار”
- Portuguese: “Reserva da Biosfera Borboleta-monarca”
- Russian: “Биосферный заповедник бабочки Монарх”
- Russian: “Биосферный заповедник Марипоса-Монарка”
- Serbian: “Резерват биосфере лептира Монарха”
- Slovak: “Biosférická rezervácia danausa sťahovavého”
- Slovak: “Biosférická rezervácia monarchu sťahovavého”
- Spanish: “Reserva de la biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca”
- Spanish: “Reserva de la Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca”
- Spanish: “Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca”
- Swedish: “Monarkfjärilens biosfärområde”
- Turkish: “Kral Kelebeği Biyosfer Rezervi”
- Ukrainian: “Біосферний заповідник метелика Монарх”
- Ukrainian: “Біосферний резерв Маріпоса-Монарка”
- Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn sinh quyển bướm chúa ở Mexico”
- Vietnamese: “Khu dự trữ sinh quyển bướm vua”
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