Sapodilla Cayes
Uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras, Belize
16°08′46″N 88°16′52″W / 16.146°N 88.281°W / 16.146; -88.281[2]- Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment
- Southern Environmental Association
Location in relation to Belize
Belize
Guatemala
The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos)[3] is an uninhabited atoll in the Gulf of Honduras, 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 administered by 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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Protected areas of Belize
- Aguas Turbias
- Bacalar Chico
- Billy Barquedier
- Chiquibul
- Five Blues Lake
- Gra Gra Lagoon
- Guanacaste
- Honey Camp
- Laughing Bird Caye
- Mayflower Bocawina
- Monkey Bay
- Elijio Panti
- Payne's Creek
- Peccary Hills
- Río Blanco
- Sarstoon-Temash
- St. Herman's Blue Hole
- Aguacaliente
- Cockscomb Basin
- Corozal Bay
- Crooked Tree
- Gales Point
- Spanish Creek
- Swallow Caye
- Caye Caulker
- Chiquibul
- Columbia River
- Deep River
- Fresh Water Creek
- Grants Work
- Machaca
- Manatee
- Mango Creek
- Monkey Caye
- Mountain Pine Ridge
- Maya Mountain
- Sibun
- Sittee River
- Swasey Bladen
- Vaca
- Aguacate Lagoon
- Bird sanctuaries
- Block 127
- Community Baboon Sanctuary
- Golden Stream
- Monkey Bay
- Río Bravo
- Runaway Creek
- Shipstern