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The Gulf of Paria (/ ˈ p æ r i ə / PA-ree-ə; [1] Spanish: Golfo de Paria) is a 7,800 km 2 (3,000 sq mi) shallow (180 m at its deepest) semi-enclosed inland sea located between the island of Trinidad and the east coast of Venezuela. It separates the two countries by as little as 15 km at its narrowest and 120 km at its widest points.
A gulf in geography is a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea. ... Gulf of Paria, in the Caribbean Sea between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela;
The Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouths) are the series of straits separating the Gulf of Paria from the Caribbean Sea.There are four Bocas, from west to east: The Boca Grande or Grand Boca separates Chacachacare from the Paria Peninsula and Patos Island of Venezuela.
Separating the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Paria, the peninsula is part of the Serranía del Litoral mountain range, in the Venezuelan Coastal Range portion of the northern Andes. Its tip is within sight of the naked eye from the island of Trinidad. [1] National Park. Península de Paria National Park protects a section of the peninsula.
Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo is Trinidad and Tobago's third largest region in area after Sangre Grande and Rio Claro–Mayaro. The region is situated in Central Trinidad within the Caroni Plains bordering the Gulf of Paria to west. It was a major region for sugar and cocoa production in the 18th and 19th centuries and the first half of the 20th ...
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Patos Island is located about 540 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria).The coordinates are 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.
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