Caratasca Lagoon Explained

The Caratasca Lagoon (Spanish; Castilian: Laguna de Caratasca) is a large lagoon in the department of Gracias a Dios in northeastern Honduras. Puerto Lempira, the capital of the department, lies on its shores.

The lagoon covers [1] and extends approximately 25 miles inland from the Caribbean Sea, and is fed by rivers including the Mocorón, Warunta, and Nakunta.[2] The largest island in the lagoon is Tansin. Its western shore is protected as part of a biological reserve.[3] [4]

The Caratasca Lagoon was the site of the landfall of Hurricane Mitch in 1998 which caused much ecological damage.

15.3833°N -83.85°W

Notes and References

  1. Herdendorf . Charles E. . Large Lakes of the World . Journal of Great Lakes Research . 8 . 3 . 379–412 . 1982 . 10.1016/S0380-1330(82)71982-3 .
  2. Humphrey, Chris. Honduras (2006) p.334
  3. Web site: Official Record for Laguna de Karatasca . . 24 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202132133/https://www.protectedplanet.net/laguna-de-karatasca-biological-reserve . 2 February 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Áreas Protegidas De Honduras . es . Centro de Documentación Turística de Honduras . 24 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170712205357/http://cedturh.iht.hn/docs/Areas-Protegidas.pdf . 12 July 2017 . dead .

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