Gulf of HondurasBelize
16°09′N 88°17′W
Sapodilla Cayes
The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos) is an uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras, in the Toledo District of Belize. They are administered by Belize, but Guatemala claims that the Belize–Guatemala maritime boundary is northwest of the cayes.
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Overview
The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos) is an uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras, in the Toledo District of Belize. They are administered by Belize, but Guatemala claims that the Belize–Guatemala maritime boundary is northwest of the cayes. Honduras also lays a claim to the Sapodilla Cayes in its 1982 constitution.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands0
- Minor islands0
- Islets1
- Rocks & skerries1
Islets
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.2 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Also in the area
Inside the group's outline but not confirmed as members by any source.
- Hunting Caye9 m · 0.05 km²
- Northeast Sapodilla Caye8 m · 0.04 km²
- Nicholas Caye7 m · 0.03 km²
- Frank's Caye9 m · 0.02 km²
- Lime Caye7 m · 0.02 km²
- Tom Owen's Caye4 m · 0.2 ha
- Seal Caye0.2 ha
- Sapodilla Caye2 m · 0.2 ha
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Comparative heights
- Hunting Caye: 9 m
- Frank's Caye: 9 m
- Northeast Sapodilla Caye: 8 m
- Nicholas Caye: 7 m
- Lime Caye: 7 m
- Tom Owen's Caye: 4 m
- Sapodilla Caye: 2 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Hunting Caye | 0.05 km² |
| Northeast Sapodilla Caye | 0.04 km² |
| Nicholas Caye | 0.03 km² |
| Frank's Caye | 0.02 km² |
| Lime Caye | 0.02 km² |
| Tom Owen's Caye | 0.2 ha |
| Seal Caye | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Sapodilla Caye | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Photographs
Facing south on Hunting Caye — in the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve, Belize.
Laughing Bird Caye — in the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve, Belize.
Dock of Sapodilla Caye - marine reserve.
Chupu (talk) (Uploads) / Chupu at English Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0
View of Belize taken during ISS Expedition 12.
Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
Live Coral — in the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve, Belize.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- FacingSouthHuntingCaye. Chupu (talk) (Uploads) / CC BY-SA 3.0
- LaughingBirdCaye. Victoria Reay's / CC BY 2.0
- SapodillaCayeentrance. Chupu (talk) (Uploads) / Chupu at English Wikipedia / CC BY 3.0
- ISS012-E-24781 - View of Belize. Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain
- Live Coral, Belize. _Higher_ from Guatemala / CC BY-SA 3.0