Swan Islands
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The Swan Islands, or Islas Santanilla, are a chain of three islands located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, approximately ninety miles off the coastline of Honduras, with a land area of 8 km2 (3.1 sq mi).
They consist of three islands:
Great Swan Island (3 km long, 5.5 km²)
Little Swan (2.4 km long, 0.5 km wide, 2.5 km²)
Booby Cay (90 metres long, 70 m off the southwest corner of Great Swan, <0.01 km²)
The islands are uninhabited, except for a small Honduran navy garrison.
They consist of three islands:
Great Swan Island (3 km long, 5.5 km²)
Little Swan (2.4 km long, 0.5 km wide, 2.5 km²)
Booby Cay (90 metres long, 70 m off the southwest corner of Great Swan, <0.01 km²)
The islands are uninhabited, except for a small Honduran navy garrison.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_Islands,_Honduras
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Coordinates: 17°24'32"N 83°55'4"W
- Cayman Islands 371 km
- Ragged Islands/Jumentos Cays 1053 km
- Galápagos Islands 1962 km
- Revillagigedo Islands 3258 km
- Belcher Islands 4419 km
- Azores 5617 km
- Cape Verde Islands 6194 km
- Canary Islands 6765 km
- Faroe Islands 7597 km
- Shetland 7909 km
- Great Swan Island 1.3 km
- abandoned airstrip 1.5 km
- Little Swan Island 1.8 km
- pond 2.1 km
- Booby Cay 2.8 km
- Cayman Trench 154 km
- Mid-Cayman Spreading Center 260 km
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