Sapodilla Cayes
Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
Location | Gulf of Honduras |
Nearest city | Punta Gorda[1] |
Coordinates | 16°08′46″N 88°16′52″W / 16.146°N 88.281°WCoordinates: 16°08′46″N 88°16′52″W / 16.146°N 88.281°W[2] |
Area | 15,618 hectares (38,590 acres) |
Established | 1996 |
Governing body |
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The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos, Cayos Sapodilla or Cayos Sapote)[3] are an uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras. They are in the Toledo District of Belize.
Geography
The Sapodilla Cayes are a system of cayes, or low sandy islands, that are part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System.
Facing south on Hunting Caye, with Lime Caye in the background.
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Entrance dock on Hunting Caye, to the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve.
- Disputed islands
They are generally considered to be within the territorial waters of Belize, but Guatemala claims that the Belize–Guatemala maritime boundary is northwest of the cayes.[4] Honduras also lays a claim to the Sapodilla Cayes in its 1982 constitution.[3]
Marine reserve
Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is a national protected marine reserve declared over the Sapodilla Cayes. It was established in 1996 and is administered by the Fisheries Department of Belize.[5]
References
- ↑ Belize Tourism Board. "Sapodilla Cayes Marine Park". Travel Belize. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve". protectedplanet.net.
- 1 2 Hudson, T.; Burr, J. (1986). "The Sapodilla Cays: Geopolitical Asterisk in the Bay of Honduras". Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ Prescott, J.R.V. (1985). The Maritime Political Boundaries of the World. London: Methuen. pp. 347–350. ISBN 0-416-41750-7.
- ↑ Belize Tropical Forest Studies (2010). "Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve". Biodiversity and Environmental Resource Data System.
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