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Boquerón Island (Isla Boquerón) is a coral island located in the Archipelago of San Bernardo,
Gulf of Morrosquillo The Gulf of Morrosquillo ( es, Golfo de Morrosquillo) is a gulf of the Caribbean Sea bounded by the Colombian Departments of Sucre and Córdoba. From West to East it runs approximately from Boca de Tinajones, mouth of Sinú River, in Córdob ...
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Caribbean Sea The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
. It is governed by
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
, and, unlike the other nine islands of the archipelago, is a part of the Colombian
Sucre Department Sucre () is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 904,863, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia. Sucre is bordered by the Caribbean on the northwest; by Bo ...
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See also

* Caribbean region of Colombia *
Insular region of Colombia The insular region of Colombia includes the oceanic islands outside the continental territory. In the Caribbean this includes the San Andrés and Providencia islands near Central America and the many coastal islands along mainland Colombia. I ...
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List of islands of South America The following are lists of the islands of South America by country. Argentina Atlantic Ocean islands *'' Isla Apipé'' *''Isla Bermejo'' *''Isla de los Estados'' *'' Isla de San Martín'' *''Isla del Cerrito'' *''Isla Martín García'' *'' Is ...


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Caribbean islands of Colombia {{BolivarCO-geo-stub