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Also known as Útila

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.length_m
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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

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Utila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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