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Archipelago

    Honduras

    16°20′N 86°30′W

    Bay Islands

    Vista de la claridad y color del Agua en Cayo Menor.
    Vista de la claridad y color del Agua en Cayo Menor.

    Garcia.dennis / CC BY-SA 3.0

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    8 landforms

    Major islands

    1
    • Utila

      Utila

      Area
      41.2 km²
      High point
      80 m

      Utila (Spanish: Isla de Utila) is the smallest of Honduras' major Bay Islands, after Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest in the world. It has been documented in history since Columbus' fourth voyage.

    Minor islands

    2

    Islets

    3
    • Unnamed island7 m · 0.03 km²
    • Unnamed island0.5 ha
    • Buby Cay3 m · 0.3 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    2
    • Chicken Cay<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level50 m100 m150 m143 mCochino Grande141 mCochino Pequeño80 mUtila3 mBuby Cay
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.1110100Utila: 41.2 km²UtilaCochino Grande: 1.6 km²Cochino GrandeCochino Pequeño: 0.72 km²Cochino PequeñoUnnamed island: 0.03 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.5 haUnnamed islandBuby Cay: 0.3 haBuby CayChicken Cay: <0.1 haChicken CayUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Utila41.2 km²
    Cochino Grande1.6 km²
    Cochino Pequeño0.72 km²
    Unnamed island0.03 km²
    Unnamed island0.5 ha
    Buby Cay0.3 ha
    Chicken Cay<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha

    Groups within

    1

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata

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