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Patos Island (Venezuela)

Patos Island (Spanish: Isla de Patos, Duck Island) is a small uninhabited island in the northwestern Gulf of Paria. The island is a part of the Dependencias Federales (Federal Dependencies) of Venezuela.

Geography

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Uninhabited (2015)

Geography[edit]

Patos Island is located about 540 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria). The coordinates are 10°38′18″N 61°51′50″W / 10.63833°N 61.86389°W / 10.63833; -61.86389. It lies in the Boca Grande strait of the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouth), approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the Paria Peninsula of mainland Venezuela and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west-south-west of Chacachacare, which is part of Trinidad and Tobago.


The uninhabited island has an area of only 0.65 square kilometres (0.25 sq mi)[1] with a length of 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) and 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) wide with the highest point reaching about 100 metres (330 ft).[2][3][4]

Anglo-Venezuelan Treaty (Island of Patos) Act 1942

An Act to approve a Treaty signed on behalf of His Majesty and on behalf of the President of the United States of Venezuela relating to the Island of Patos.

21 May 1942

Federal Dependencies of Venezuela

List of marine molluscs of Venezuela

List of Poriferans of Venezuela

About Patos Island

Map of the Dependencias Federales with location of Patos Island

Map of Patos Island

Picture of Patos Island