Patos Island ( es, Isla de Patos, Duck Island) is a small uninhabited island in the northwestern
Gulf of Paria. The island is a part of the ''Dependencias Federales'' (
Federal Dependencies) of
Venezuela.
Geography
Patos Island is located about northeast of
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
in the ''Golfo de Paria'' (
Gulf of Paria). The coordinates are . It lies in the ''Boca Grande''
strait
A strait is an oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. The surface water generally flows at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in either direction. Most commonly, it is a narrow ocean channe ...
of the
Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouth), approximately off the
Paria Peninsula of mainland Venezuela and about west-south-west of
Chacachacare, which is part of
Trinidad and Tobago.
The uninhabited island has an area of only
[Excursión a la Isla de Patos (1964)]
– PDVSA-Intevep, 1997 with a length of and wide with the highest point reaching about .
History
Patos Island was part of the former British colony of
Trinidad and Tobago. On 26 February 1942, the island became part of Venezuela in exchange for
Soldado Rock to Trinidad and Tobago
and was put under the administration of the ''Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia'' (Ministry of Interior and Justice)
[ as part of the Dependencias Federales.
]
See also
* Federal Dependencies of Venezuela
* List of marine molluscs of Venezuela
* List of Poriferans of Venezuela
References
External links
About Patos Island
Map of the Dependencias Federales with location of Patos Island
Map of Patos Island
Picture of Patos Island
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Gulf of Paria
Uninhabited islands of Venezuela
Federal Dependencies of Venezuela