The Archipelago of Los Roques is located 98 miles north of Venezuela 's central coast, between 11°43' and 11°58' latitude north and 66° 53' and 66° 57' longitude west. The entire park has an area of 1.400² miles spreading 28 miles from east to west and 16 miles from north to south. Los Roques is similar to coral atolls of the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of 50 keys of coral origin, and a great number of sand bars, arranged in an oval shape around a shallow central lagoon.