| Patos Island Isla de Patos | |
| Map: | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Total Islands: | 1 |
| Population: | Uninhabited |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Country: | Venezuela |
| Country Admin Divisions Title: | Status |
| Country Admin Divisions: | Federal Dependency |
Patos Island (Spanish; Castilian: 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.
Patos Island is located about northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria). The coordinates are 10.6383°N -61.8639°W. It lies in the Boca Grande strait 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 [1] with a length of and 0.6km (00.4miles) wide with the highest point reaching about .[2] [3] [4]
| Short Title: | Anglo-Venezuelan Treaty (Island of Patos) Act 1942 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to approve a Treaty signed on behalf of His Majesty and on behalf of the President of the United States of Venezuela relating to the Island of Patos. |
| Year: | 1942 |
| Citation: | 5 & 6 Geo. 6. c. 17 |
| Royal Assent: | 21 May 1942 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 |
| Status: | repealed |
| Collapsed: | yes |
Patos Island was part of the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago.[5] On 26 February 1942, the island became part of Venezuela in exchange for Soldado Rock to Trinidad and Tobago[6] and was put under the administration of the Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia (Ministry of Interior and Justice)[1] as part of the Dependencias Federales.
