Cayos Cochinos
JIANG Zhaocai1LIU Chuang1SHI Ruixiang1
1 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100101，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2025.12.09.V1
Published:Dec. 2025
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Key Words：
Cayos Cochinos,Honduras,Caribbean Sea
Abstract：
The Cayos Cochinos, is an archipelago in the Caribbean Sea of the northern coast of Honduras, is part of the Roatán municipality, the Bay Islands Department. The geographical location is between 15°55′41″N and 15°58′54″N, 86°27′37″W and 86°31′36″W. The southern end of the archipelago lies approximately 12 km from the Honduran mainland. The archipelago consists of two main islands (Cayo Cochino Grande and Cayo Cochino Menor) and 14 smaller islets and cays, including Cayo Borrego, Cayo Largo Arriba, Cayo Largo Abajo, etc. The total land area of the archipelago is approximately 2.52 km², with a combined coastline of 17.73 km. The two largest islands cover 1.64 km² and 0.74 km², respectively, while the smallest cay covers only 85 m². The dataset is archived in .kmz and .shp data formats, and consists of 17 data files with data size of 453 KB (compressed into 2 files with 186 KB).
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Data Citation：
JIANG Zhaocai, LIU Chuang, SHI Ruixiang. Cayos Cochinos[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2025. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2025.12.09.V1.
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Data Name |
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CayosCochinos.kmz |
66.18KB |
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| 2 |
CayosCochinosshp.rar |
119.93KB |
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