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Roatan Bay Islands from hotel lobby display Roatan from cruise ship. Roatán is a coral island. Situated atop an exposed ancient coral reef, it rises to about 270 m (890 ft) above sea level. The easternmost quarter of the island is separated by a 15-meter-wide channel through the mangrove forest.
Carnival Legend in Roatan Divers and a large brain coral, Roatan. The economy of the Bay Islands depends directly on two sectors – tourism and fisheries, representing approximately 50% of gross island product and both closely linked to the archipelago’s environment.
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.
Following the entry of Spain into the American War of Independence in 1779, both Spain and Great Britain contested territories in Central America.Although most of the territory was claimed to be part of the Spanish Captaincy General of Guatemala, the British had established logging rights on the southern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula (present-day Belize), and had established settlements on ...
Sunset from the Plantation Beach Resort patio. The Cayos Cochinos have no roads, cars or bikes. There is a hiking trail that connects residences and beaches on Cayo Grande.
West Bay beach is a white sand beach and is surrounded by the second largest reef barrier in the world. [1] In October 2011, The Caribbean Travel and Life Magazine made a top 5 of the best beaches in the world for snorkeling in this top 5, the magazine ranked West Bay as the fourth best beach for doing this activity.
Stela H in Copán.Shows King Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil represented as the god of corn. The territory of modern Honduras was discovered in the fourth trip of Christopher Columbus between 1502 and 1503, at that time it was called Guaymuras or Hibueras by local Indians, was followed by the conquest of the inhabitants and later the exploration of land, which involves the making both geographic ...
Utila (Spanish: Isla de Utila) is the smallest of Honduras' major Bay Islands, after Roatán and Guanaja, in a region that marks the south end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the second-largest in the world. It has been documented in history since Columbus' fourth voyage, and currently enjoys growing tourism with emphasis on ...