Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Coxen Hole in 1910. The city was founded in 1835 when several British families moved to Roatán from the Cayman Islands.It is named after the pirate Captain John Coxen/Coxon due the fact that during the 17th century Roatán was once home to over 5,000 pirates living all through the island.
Most of the infrastructure is on the western half of the island. The most populous town of the island is Coxen Hole, capital of Roatán municipality, located in the southwest. West of Coxen Hole are the settlements of Gravel Bay, Flowers Bay and Keyhole Bay on the south coast, and Sandy Bay, West End and West Bay on the north coast.
Coxen Hole: 87.3 33.7: 41220 Western Roatán Island: Coxen Hole: 80 31: 41060 Roatan Cays: Antoney's Cay: 1.2 0.46 40 Swan Islands: Harbor Bay: 3 1.25 10 Cayos Cochinos: Chachauate: 2.9 1.1 110 4 Utila: Utila Island: Utila Town: 49.3 19.0: 4030 Utila Island: Utila Island: Utila Town: 47.9 18.5: 3580 Utila: Utila Cays: Jewel Cay Pigeon Cay: 1 0. ...
English: Original photo postcard issued 1910–1925 showing a street of Roatán (better known as Coxen Hole in English), the chief town of Roatán, the largest of the Bay Islands, Honduras. The casa municipal, police station and jail, as well as the army barracks (hilltop) are indicated.
Juan Manuel Gálvez International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Manuel Gálvez) (IATA: RTB, ICAO: MHRO) is an international airport located on the island of Roatán, in the Caribbean Sea 50 kilometres (31 mi) off the northern coast of Honduras. [4]
This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.
Coxen Hole Stadium also known as Estadio Julio Galindo is a football stadium in Coxen Hole, Roatan, Honduras. [1] It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home stadium of Arsenal F.C. (Honduras). The stadium has a maximum capacity of 2,000 people. [2]
Captain John Coxon, sometimes referred to as John Coxen, was a late-seventeenth-century buccaneer who terrorized the Spanish Main. Coxon was one of the most famous of the Brethren of the Coast, a loose consortium of pirates and privateers. Coxon lived during the Buccaneering Age of Piracy. [1]