Sapodilla Cayes
| Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve | |
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
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| Location | Gulf of Honduras |
| Nearest city | Punta Gorda[1] |
| Coordinates | 16°08′46″N 88°16′52″W / 16.146°N 88.281°W[2] |
| Area | 15,618 hectares (38,590 acres) |
| Established | 1996 |
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The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos)[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.
- 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.
- ^ a b Hudson, T.; Burr, J. (1986). "The Sapodilla Cays: Geopolitical Asterisk in the Bay of Honduras". Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Prescott, John Robert Victor (1985). The Maritime Political Boundaries of the World (1st ed.). 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. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08.
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Categories:
- IUCN Category IV
- Marine reserves
- Protected areas of Belize
- Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
- Uninhabited islands of Belize
- Nature conservation in Belize
- Protected areas established in 1996
- Disputed islands
- Territorial disputes of Belize
- Territorial disputes of Guatemala
- Territorial disputes of Honduras
- Belize–Guatemala border
- Toledo District