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Coasts of Panama — on either the Pacific Ocean, or the Caribbean Sea of the Atlantic Ocean, in Central America. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
Panama is located on the narrow and low Isthmus of Panama. This S-shaped isthmus is situated between 7° and 10° north latitude and 77° and 83° west longitude. Panama encompasses approximately 75,417 km 2 (29,119 sq mi). It is 772 km (480 mi) long, and between 60 and 177 kilometers (37 and 110 miles) wide.
The Gulf of Panama (Spanish: Golfo de Panamá) is a gulf of the Pacific Ocean off the southern coast of Panama, where most of eastern Panama's southern shores adjoin it. The Gulf has a maximum width of 250 kilometres (160 mi; 130 nmi), a maximum depth of 220 metres (722 ft) and the size of 2,400 square kilometres (930 sq mi). [ 1 ]
Panamanian coasts of the Pacific Ocean — the western coasts of Panama, in Central America. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Aerial View of Panama Bay with Panama City in the background. The Panama Bay ( Spanish : Bahia de Panamá ) is a large body of water off the coast of southern Panama , at 8°50′00″N 79°15′00″W / 8.8333333°N 79.25°W / 8.8333333; -
The park includes Coiba island, 38 smaller islands off the southwest coast of Panama, and the surrounding marine areas within the Gulf of Chiriquí [3] providing protection for coral reefs, humpback whales, pilot whales, killer whales, dolphins, sea turtles, manta rays, marlins and other marine creatures. [4]
Panama, [a] officially the Republic of Panama, [b] is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
Mosquito Gulf (Spanish: Golfo de los Mosquitos) is a gulf of the Caribbean Sea on the north coast of Panama, extending from the Valiente Peninsula in Bocas del Toro, past the north coast of Veraguas to the province of Colón, Panama. [1] It should not be confused with the Mosquito Coast which is further north in Nicaragua and Honduras.