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Ambergris Caye (/ æ m ˈ b ɜːr ɡ r ɪ s ˈ k iː / am-BUR-gris KEE; Spanish: Cayo Ambergris), is the largest island of Belize, located northeast of the country's mainland, in the Caribbean Sea. It is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long from north to south, and about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) wide.
Belize Rural South contains the offshore islands of the Belize District including Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker, Caye Chapel, St. George's Caye, and the Turneffe Islands. Its main town is San Pedro on Ambergris Caye. The current representative is the UDP's Manuel Heredia.
Douglas Caye (West) Nautical map of Turneffe Islands. Turneffe Atoll is located southeast of Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize in Central America, 20 miles (32 kilometres) from Belize City. It is one of three atolls of the Belize Barrier Reef, along with Glover's Reef and Lighthouse Reef.
BCNPMR's marine habitats include extensive tracts of mangrove and sea grass beds, patch and barrier reef, and the largest lagoon on the island of Ambergris caye, Laguna de Cantena. The reef lies within the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the world's second longest barrier reef after the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Shag Caye, Turtle Caye: 15.43: 0: Inner Islands 1400: Hen and Chicken Cayes: Hen Caye: 4.72: 2: Inner Islands 1500: Hick's Cayes: Saint George's Caye: 19.5: 45: Inner Islands 1501: Long Caye, not to be confused with the other island further southeast: Long Cay: 0.9: 5: Inner Islands 1502: Saint George's Caye, the sight of an historic colonial ...
Ambergris Caye: 65 25 Belize: 65 Blanquilla Island: 64 25 Venezuela ( Federal Dependencies of Venezuela) 66 Colón Island: 61 24 Panama ( Bocas del Toro) 67 Isla Mona: 57 22 Puerto Rico: 68 Coche Island: 55 21 Venezuela ( Nueva Esparta) 69 Tortola: 55.7 21.5 British Virgin Islands: 70 Guanaja: 50 19 Honduras: 71 Popa Island: 53 20.5 Panama ...
Many coral reefs, cays, and islands to the east—such as Ambergris Caye, Lighthouse Reef, Glover's Reef, and the Turneffe Islands—are part of Belize's territory, forming the Belize Barrier Reef, the longest in the western hemisphere stemming approximately 322 km (200 mi) and the second longest in the world after the Great Barrier Reef.
Hol Chan Marine Reserve is a marine reserve close to Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² (4,448 acres) of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forest. Hol Chan is Mayan for "little channel".