Sapodilla Cayes

Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map
LocationGulf of Honduras
Nearest cityPunta Gorda[1]
Coordinates16°08′46″N 88°16′52″W / 16.146°N 88.281°W / 16.146; -88.281[2]
Area15,618 hectares (38,590 acres)
Established1996
Governing body
  • Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Southern Environmental Association
Disputed island
Sapodilla Cayes is located in Belize
Sapodilla Cayes
Location in relation to Belize
Administration
Claimed by
 Guatemala

The Sapodilla Cayes (Spanish: Cayos Zapotillos)[3] 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.[4] Honduras also lays a claim to the Sapodilla Cayes in its 1982 constitution.[3]

  1. ^ Belize Tourism Board. "Sapodilla Cayes Marine Park". Travel Belize. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve". protectedplanet.net.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Prescott, John Robert Victor (1985). The Maritime Political Boundaries of the World (1st ed.). London: Methuen. pp. 347–350. ISBN 0-416-41750-7.