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Cayo_Gorda Latitude and Longitude:

15°51′N 82°24′W / 15.850°N 82.400°W / 15.850; -82.400
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Cayo Gorda
Cayo Gorda is located in Caribbean
Cayo Gorda
Cayo Gorda
Geography
Location Caribbean Sea
Coordinates 15°51′N 82°24′W / 15.850°N 82.400°W / 15.850; -82.400
Archipelago Bay Islands
Area3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Administration
Department Bay Islands
Demographics
Population11 (2005)

Cayo Gorda is a cay that is 66 nautical miles off the east coast of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea. It has an approximate area of 0.007 square kilometres and in 2005 was inhabited by 11 people. [1]

In 2001 the island was used as a reference point in the treaty that set the maritime boundary between Honduras and the Cayman Islands.

References

  1. ^ Charney, Jonathan I. et al. (1993). International Maritime Boundaries, Vol. 5, pp. 3564-3574.
  • Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. ISBN  9780792311874; ISBN  9789041119544; ISBN  9789041103451; ISBN  9789004144613; ISBN  9789004144798; OCLC 23254092