Bocas del Toro Archipelago

{{Infobox islands

| name = Bocas del Toro Archipelago

| native_name = Archipiélago de Bocas del Toro

| country = Panama

| country_admin_divisions_title = Province

| country_admin_divisions = Bocas del Toro Province

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = District

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Bocas del Toro

| coordinates = {{coord|9.261752|-82.151281|type:isle|format=dms|display=inline,title|name=Bocas del Toro Archipelago}}

| country_largest_city = Bocas Town

| area_km2 = 250

| population = 13,000| population_as_of = 2012

| density_km2 = 24.85

| pushpin_map = Panama#Caribbean

| pushpin_map_caption = Location of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago in Panama

| pushpin_label = Bocas del Toro

| pushpin_relief = 1

| map_size = 300px

|image=File:Bocas del Toro Archipelago map.png|image_caption=Map of the archipelago}}

The Bocas del Toro Archipelago is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea in the north-west of Panama.

Geography

The archipelago separates Almirante Bay and Chiriquí Lagoon from the open Caribbean Sea. The archipelago is part of the Bocas del Toro District which is part of Bocas del Toro Province. The area is {{convert|250|km2|0|abbr=in}} which is about 60% of the district's area, and the population about 13,000, which is 75% of the district's population. The major city is Bocas del Toro, also called Bocas Town, on Isla Colón.

=Access=

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

=Environment=

The major islands of the archipelago, Colón, Bastimentos, Cristóbal, Popa, Solarte, and Cayo Agua, have been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support significant populations of white-crowned pigeons and three-wattled bellbirds.{{cite web |url= https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/bocas-del-toro-archipelago-iba-panama |title= Bocas del Toro Archipelago |author= |date=2024|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 2024-09-21}}

=Islands=

Cayos Zapatilla
Isla Bastimentos
Isla Carenero (aka: Careening Cay or Careening Key)
Isla Cayo Agua
Isla Colón (main island)
Isla Cristóbal
Isla Popa
Isla Solarte
Isla Pastores
Isla Bagui
Isla Split Hill

The archipelago also includes 50 cays and some 200 tiny islets.{{cite web| url=http://www.bocas-del-toro.org/| title=Bocas del Toro, Panama| publisher=Bocas del Toro.org| accessdate=17 March 2011}}

=Protected Areas=

=Settlements=

Bocas del Toro (Bocas Town)
Bastimentos (Isla Bastimentos)
Salt Creek (Isla Bastimentos)
Punta Laurel (Isla Bastimentos)

Climate

Notes

External links

[http://bocasdeltoro.com/ BocasDelToro.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926015109/http://bocasdeltoro.com/ |date=2017-09-26 }} OFFICIAL WEBSITE - Everything about Bocas del Toro