Isla Nublar (Film Universe)

Isla Nublar is a Costa Rican island located 120 miles west of the mainland in the North Pacific Ocean. It was discretely leased in 1987 by InGen, beginning it's decades long involvement in the Jurassic Park/Jurassic World project.

History

Discovery and Early History

Isla Nublar was discovered in 1525 by Spanish navigator Diego Fernandez, though it is believed to have been named by cartographer Nicolas de Huelva. Whilst on an expedition to map the western coast of Costa Rica on the Spanish carrack La Estrella (The Star), he described seeing a "cloud island."

The Spaniards learned the existance of a local indigenous tribe to the island, known as the Bribri tribe. The natives referred to the island locally as Guá-Si (Water House, or, House beyond Water) and themselves as Tun-Si (Water Men).

Four centuries of history found many of the local inhabitants displaced back to the mainland, and in 1987 those few remaining were resettled off the island by InGen as they commenced construction on Jurassic Park.

Jurassic Park

Layout and Facilities

• Main Compound
  • Visitors' Center
  • Emergency Bunker
  • Maintenance Shed
  • Velociraptor Pen
• Helipad
• The Park
  • Main Gate
  • Perimeter Fence

Bestiary

15 Species of genetically recreated dinosaur planned for Jurassic Park. It is unclear how many of them were present on the island at the time of the Isla Nublar Incident.

• Tyrannosaurus Rex
• Velociraptor
• Dilophosaurus
• Herrerasaurus
• Baryonx
• Brachiosaurus
• Gallimimus
• Triceratops
• Parasauralophus
• Proceratosaurus
• Metriacanthosaurus
• Segisaurus
• Stegosaurus
• Compsognathus
• Pteranodon

Staff

• Ray Arnold(†) - Chief Engineer
• Robert Muldoon(†) - Game Warden
• Henry Wu - Chief Geneticist
• Gerry Harding - Chief Veterinarian
• Dennis Nedry(†) - Contracted Programmer