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El Tigre is an island located in the Gulf of Fonseca, a body of water on the Pacific coast of Central America. The island is a conical basaltic stratovolcano and the southernmost volcano in Honduras .
Amapala is a municipality in the Honduran department of Valle.. It is formed by El Tigre Island and its satellite islets and rocks in the Gulf of Fonseca.It has an area of 75.2 km 2 (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 2,482 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 people were living on Isla Comandante).
In response, in November 1849, Squier pushed through the "Pact of Chinandega," an agreement between Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador that guaranteed U.S. support for any canal project that emptied into the Gulf of Fonseca. In addition, Squier attempted to secure Honduran sovereignty over Tigre Island through a bilateral treaty with Honduras.
The Honduras Cayos Cochinos Guanaja Isla del Tigre Isla Zacate Grande Little Swan Island This is a list of islands of Honduras . There are at least 99 islands in Honduras .
The Gulf of Fonseca covers an area of about 3,200 km 2 (1,200 sq mi), with a coastline that extends for 261 km (162 mi), of which 185 km (115 mi) are in Honduras, 40 km (25 mi) in Nicaragua, and 29 km (18 mi) in El Salvador. The gulf is composed by a group of many volcanic islands, such as Zacate Grande and el Tigre in Honduras.
Honduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there, tearing a page from neighboring El Salvador's unforgiving approach to ...
The two largest, Zacate Grande and El Tigre, are eroded volcanoes, part of the chain of volcanoes that extends along the Pacific coast of Central America. [1] Both islands have volcanic cones more than 700 m (2,300 ft) in elevation that serve as landmarks for vessels entering Honduras's Pacific. [1]
List of volcanoes in Honduras. 10 languages. ... Isla el Tigre: 783: 2569 Holocene Isla Zacate Grande ... Utila Island: 74: 243