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Islas de la Bahía ("Bay Islands") is one of the 18 departments
of Honduras,The islands boast splendid beaches and unspilt coral reef


Coral reefs grow in tropical seas in the photic zone, where there is mild wave action, not so strong it tears the reef apart yet strong enough to stir the water and deliver sufficient food and oxygen....
s, making them a haven for scuba divers and vacationers. The departmental capital is
Coxen Hole, also called Roatan Town, is the largest city on the island of Roatan, and the capital of the Bay Islands Departments of Honduras, with a population of 5,070 as of census 2001....
, on the island of Roatán. The department covers a total surface area of 261 km² and, in 2005, had an estimated population of 43,018 people. It comprises three geographically separate groups:
1. Roatan, located between the islands of Utila and Guanaja, is the largest of Honduras' Islas de la Bahia department. 2. Guanaja is one of the Islas de la Bahía department of Honduras, and is in the Caribbean. It is located about 70 km off the north coast of Honduras.
3. Utila is located about 20 km off the north coast of honduras.
4. Cayos Cochinos The Cayos Cochinos or Cochinos Cays are a group of two small islands and 13 more small coral cay situated 30 kilometers northeast of La Ceiba on the northern shores of Honduras....

5. Swan Islands, 120 km to the north .

























The Cayos Cochinos or Cochinos Cays are a group of two small islands and 13 more small coral cay situated 30 kilometers northeast of La Ceiba on the northern shores of Honduras....
, further south
3. Swan Islands, 120 km to the north north...maismenos

Tags: ROATAN, UTILA, GUANAJA, CENTROAMERICA, EL CARIBE, HONDURAS.,