Carenero Island (in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
: ''Isla Carenero'') is a long and forested island located just a few hundred meters east of
Isla Colón
Isla or ISLA may refer to:
Organizations
* International Securities Lending Association, a trade association
* International School of Los Angeles
* International Bilingual School, later named International School of Los Angeles
People
* Isla (g ...
, in the
Bocas del Toro Archipelago
The Bocas del Toro Archipelago is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea in the northwest of Panama. The archipelago separates Almirante Bay and Chiriquí Lagoon from the open Caribbean Sea. The archipelago is part of the Bocas del Toro District ...
,
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
. The name of the island comes from the nautical term ''careening'', which means to lean a ship on its side for repairing or scraping its hull. There are no roads on the island.
[Woods, Sarah (2005)]
''Panama: The Bradt Travel Guide''
Bradt Travel Guides, p. 261,
See also
*
List of islands of Panama
This is a list of islands of Panama.
Caribbean Sea
*Bocas del Toro Archipelago
** Isla Bastimentos
**Cayos Zapatilla
** Isla Carenero
**Isla Cayo Agua
**Isla Colon
** Isla Cristóbal
** Isla Popa
**Isla Solarte
*Isla Escudo de Veraguas
* Galet ...
References
Caribbean islands of Panama
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