Swan Islands, Honduras

Swan Islands
Native name: Islas Santanilla
	Little Swan Island
	Swan Islands
Geography
Location	Caribbean Sea
Coordinates	17°24′38″N 83°55′19″W / 17.41056°N 83.92194°W
Archipelago	Bay Islands
Area	3.1 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Administration
	Honduras
Department	Bay Islands
Municipality	Islas de la Bahia
Demographics
Population	10 (2014)

The Swan Islands (Spanish: Islas Santanilla or Islas del Cisne, named Islas de las Pozas by Christopher Columbus in 1502) is a chain of three islands located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, approximately 153 km (95 mi) northeast of the eastern coast of Honduras,^[1] with a combined land area of 3.1 km² (1.2 sq mi).^[2]

The islands are uninhabited except for a small permanent Honduran naval garrison stationed on Great Swan Island that maintains the Islas del Cisne Airport.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Zuchora-Walske, Christine (1 August 2009). Honduras in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57505-960-0.
^ The area of the islands was measured by the Honduras Statistical Bureau in square kilometres, but a typist mistook the values as being in square miles, so the true size of 3.1 km² became recorded as 8 km². Google Earth photos support this.

[Zuchora-Walske2009-1] Zuchora-Walske, Christine (1 August 2009). Honduras in Pictures. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57505-960-0.

[2] The area of the islands was measured by the Honduras Statistical Bureau in square kilometres, but a typist mistook the values as being in square miles, so the true size of 3.1 km² became recorded as 8 km². Google Earth photos support this.

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