Carenero Island

Carenero Island (in Spanish: Isla Carenero) is a long and forested island located just a few hundred meters east of Isla Colón, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama. 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.[1] There are no roads on the island.[2]

Carenero Island
Native name:
Isla Carenero
Bocas del Toro Archipelago
Geography
Coordinates9°21′N 82°14′W
ArchipelagoBocas del Toro Archipelago
Area0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Highest elevation0 m (0 ft)
Administration
ProvinceBocas del Toro
DistrictBocas del Toro
CorregimientoBocas del Toro
Demographics
Population737 (2000)

See also

References

  1. McCarthy, Carolyn (2010), Lonely Planet Panama, Lonely Planet, p. 215, ISBN 978-1-74179-154-9
  2. Woods, Sarah (2005), Panama: The Bradt Travel Guide, Bradt Travel Guides, p. 261, ISBN 1-84162-117-X


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