Part Of
Costa
Rica
Disappears
Following
Japan
Earthquake
One of
Costa
Rica's
most
important
tourist
attractions
in the
the Zona
Sur
(Southern
Zone),
the
Tómbolo
de Punta
Uvita,
has
disappeared
following
last
Friday's
9
magnitude
earthquake.
Experts
of the
Obvservatorio
Vulcanológico
y
Sismológico
de Costa
Rica (OVSICORI)
- Costa
Rica's
volcanology
and
seismic
institute
-
believe
that the
tsunami
caused
by the
earthquake
increased
tides
and
possibly
a drop
in the
sea
floor.
The
Tómbolo
or the
"cola de
ballena"
(whale's
tail),
is a
stretch
of sandy
beach
located
in the
Parque
Marino
Ballena
in Punta
Uvita
that
visitors,
during
low
tide, of
the area
can walk
from the
mainland
out to
sea
almost
one
kilometre.
However,
since
Friday
morning
residents
of the
area and
confirmed
by
experts,
the
level of
water
covers
most of
the
Tómbolo
even at
low time
and the
only way
to reach
the tail
is by
swimming
out to
it.
And the
tail
itself
is about
half
submerged
in the
water
and
almost
completely
during
high
tide.
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