Cayo de Agua (in
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literally ''Water Key'') is the name of an island in the eastern
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 ...
that geographically belongs to the
Los Roques Archipelago
The Los Roques Archipelago (Spanish: ''Archipiélago de Los Roques'') is a federal dependency of Venezuela consisting of approximately 350 islands, cays, and islets in a total area of 40.61 square kilometers. The archipelago is located dire ...
and is administratively organized as part of the
Federal Dependencies
The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela ( es, link=no, Dependencias Federales de Venezuela) encompass most of Venezuela's offshore islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela, excluding those islands that form the State of Nueva Espar ...
,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
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in addition to being part of the National Park of the same name and the Miranda Island Territory, the name of this key has its origin in the fact that it has freshwater wells within it.
Location
It is located to the north of Venezuela, in the extreme west of the National Park "Los Roques", by the north they limit with the keys of Puntas de Cocos, Pelona de Cayo de Agua, Bequevé and Selesquí, and by the southeast they are the cayos Dos Mosquises. Cayo de Agua is located relatively far from the aerodrome or airport of Los Roques located at the opposite end (west) of the archipelago on the island of Gran Roque.
Tourism
Cayo de Agua is popular within the archipelago thanks to the beauty of its white sands and solitary beaches, the birds that can be found in its surroundings and the fact that it forms with other neighboring keys a small natural swimming pool, there are also freshwater wells, one of the most practiced activities is diving.
Gallery
Fisheye in Los Roques.jpg,
Cayo de Agua.jpg,
Los Roques - Cayo de Agua.JPG,
Guanaguanares Cayo de Agua.JPG,
Cayo de Agua-Los Roques.jpg,
See also
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Gran Roque
Gran Roque is an island, one of the federal dependencies of Venezuela, located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea in the archipelago of Los Roques, which has 1.7 km2 (170 ha) in extent, where the majority of the population lives. The airport i ...
*
Cayos Francisquí
References
External links
Location map
Los Roques Archipelago
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