Inagua National Park is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 on the island of Great Inagua

Inagua

Inagua is the southernmost district of the Bahamas comprising the islands of Great Inagua and Little Inagua.Great Inagua is the third largest island in The Bahamas at 596 sq mi and lies about 55 miles from the eastern tip of Cuba. The island is about 55 x 19 miles in extent, the highest point...

 in The Bahamas

The Bahamas

The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...

. It was established in 1965 and has an area of 183740 acres (744 km²).

From as far back as 1904 there was rising concern about the West Indian Flamingo populations, during the 1960s with enough convection towards the idea the Bahamas National Trust

Bahamas National Trust

The Bahamas National Trust is a non-profit organisation in the Bahamas that manages the country's twenty-five national parks. Its headquarters is at the located in New Providence at The Retreat Gardens on Village Road...

 formed the Inagua National Park. The Inagua National Park is the site for the world's largest breeding colony of West Indian Flamingo. Forty years ago this species of flamingo made a comeback from the brink of extinction to a colony of over 50,000 birds. The park has contributed to increased bird populations in nearby islands such as Mayaguana

Mayaguana

Mayaguana is the most easterly island and district of the Bahamas. It is one of only a few Bahamian islands which retain their Lucayan names. The population of Mayaguana in the 2000 census was 259, amounting to an estimate 312 in 2010...

, Acklins

Acklins

Acklins is an island and district of the Bahamas.It is one of a group of islands arranged along a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island in the north and Acklins in the southeast, and the smaller are Long Cay [ 8sq mi] in the northwest, and...

, Crooked Island, Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

, and Andros

Andros

Andros, or Andro is the northernmost island of the Greek Cyclades archipelago, approximately south east of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . Its surface is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and well-watered valleys. The area is...

. In 1997 the park was designated a Wetland of international importance. It is also known as a bird watchers' paradise as it is also designated as an Important Bird Area.

The park encloses all of Lake Rosa which is a salt water lake in the Bahamas as well as the largest lake in The Bahamas.