The Bocas del Toro Archipelago is a group of islands in the

Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...

in the northwest of

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

. The archipelago separates Almirante Bay and Chiriquí Lagoon from the open

. The archipelago is part of the Bocas del Toro District which is part of

Bocas del Toro Province Bocas del Toro (; meaning "Mouth of the Bull") is a province of Panama. Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante (Almirante ...

. The major city is

Bocas del Toro Bocas del Toro (; meaning "Mouth of the Bull") is a province of Panama. Its area is 4,643.9 square kilometers, comprising the mainland and nine main islands. The province consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Bahía Almirante (Almirante Bay ...

, also called Bocas Town, on Isla Colón. The islands are accessible by water taxis and private boats. Isla Colón is accessible by airplanes, ferries, private boats, and water taxis.

Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional de Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón") is a public airport located northwest of the center of Bocas del Toro, a town on ''Isla Colón'' (Colón Island) in the ...

, located just west of Bocas Town, provides air transportation to and from the islands. Ferries serve Bocas Town from Almirante, Changuinola, and Chiriquí Grande.

Geography

The area of the archipelago is which is about 60% of the districts area, and the population about 13000, which is 75% of the district's population.

Islands

Islands in the Archipelago include: * Cayos Zapatilla *

Isla Bastimentos Bastimentos Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Bastimentos'') is an island with eponymous town, and corregimiento located in the Bocas del Toro District and archipelago of Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The island is about , one of the largest in Pana ...

Isla Carenero Carenero Island (in Spanish: ''Isla Carenero'') is a long and forested island located just a few hundred meters east of Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. The name of the island comes from the nautical term ''careening'', whi ...

(aka: Careening Cay or Careening Key) * Isla Cayo Agua * Isla Colón (main island) *

Isla Cristóbal Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isla (g ...

* Isla Popa * Isla Solarte * Isla Pastores *

Isla Bagui Isla or ISLA may refer to: Organizations * International Securities Lending Association, a trade association * International School of Los Angeles * International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles People * Isl ...

* Isla Split Hill The archipelago also includes 50 cays and some 200 tiny islets.

Protected Areas

* Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park *

Mimi Timbi Mimi or MIMI may refer to: People * Mimi (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Constantin Mimi (1868–1935), Bessarabian politician and winemaker * Mimi (footballer, born 1996), Bissau Guinean footballer * Mohanad Ali (born 20 ...

* Palo Seco *

Playa Bluff Playa (plural playas) may refer to: Landforms * Endorheic basin, also known as a sink, alkali flat or sabkha, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake * Dry lake, often called a ''playa'' in the so ...

La Amistad (Pila) ''La Amistad'' (; Spanish for ''Friendship'') was a 19th-century two- masted schooner, owned by a Spaniard colonizing Cuba. It became renowned in July 1839 for a slave revolt by Mende captives, who had been captured and sold to European slave ...

Settlements

(Bocas Town) * Bastimentos (Isla Bastimentos) * Salt Creek (Isla Bastimentos) *

Punta Laurel Punta Laurel is a town and corregimiento in Bocas del Toro District, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country span ...

(Isla Bastimentos)

Climate

Notes

External links

BocasDelToro.com
OFFICIAL WEBSITE - Everything about Bocas del Toro

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bocas Del Toro Archipelago Archipelagoes of Panama Archipelagoes of the Caribbean Sea Panamanian coasts of the Caribbean Sea Bocas del Toro Province Districts of Panama