Utila
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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.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Utila
- Islands.image_name
- Road Near Munchies, Utila, Honduras.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Typical road near the Munchies Restaurant, a historic building
- Islands.image_map
- Bay Islands - Útila.PNG
- Islands.pushpin_map
- Honduras#Caribbean
- Islands.location
- Caribbean Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Bay Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 45
- Islands.length_km
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- Islands.width_km
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- Islands.elevation_m
- 74
- Islands.country
- Honduras
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Department
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Islas de la Bahía
- Islands.population
- 5215
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2023 estimate
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3947
- Area
- 41.86
- Elevation
- 0
- Image
- Utila Hondoras beach.jpg
- Width
- 4
- Length
- 11
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- Utila
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Demographics
- Environment
- History
- Prehistory
- 16th to 18th centuries
- 19th century
- Pirate havens
- Black Caribs
- Tourism
- Image gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
==Geography== The eastern end of the island is capped by a thin veneer of basaltic volcanic rocks, erupted from several pyroclastic cones including Pumpkin Hill which forms the highest point on the island.
On the map
3 mapped locations