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FONSECA, AMAPALA

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 605 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FLA-FRA
FONSECA, AMAPALA or CONCIIAGUA, BAY OF, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in the volcanic region between the Central American republics of
Honduras
 ,
Salvador
  and
Nicaragua
 . The bay is unsurpassed in extent and security by any other harbour on the Pacific. It is upwards of 50 M. in greatest length, by about 30 M. in
average
  width, with an entrance from the sea about 18 m. wide, between the
great
  volcanoes of Conchagua (3800 ft.)
and Coseguina (3000 ft.). The lofty islands of Conchaguita and Mianguiri, with a collection of rocks called " Los Farellones," divide the entrance into four distinct channels, each of sufficient depth for the largest vessels. A channel called " El Estero Real " extends from the extreme southern point of the bay into
Nicaragua
  for about 5o m., reaching within 20 or 25 M. of Lake Managua. The
principal
  islands in the bay are Sacate Grande, Tigre, Gueguensi and Esposescion belonging to
Honduras
 , and Martin Perez, Punta Sacate, Conchaguita and Mianguiri belonging to
Salvador
 . Of these Sacate Grande is the largest, being about 7 M.
long
  by 4 broad. The
island
  of Tigre from its position is the most important in the bay, being about 20 M. in circumference, and rising in a
cone
  to the height of 2500 ft. On the southern and eastern shores of the
island
  the lava forms black rocky barriers to the waves, varying in height from ro to 8o ft.; but on the northward and eastward are a number of playas or smooth, sandy beaches. Facing one of the most considerable of these is the port of Amapala (q.v.). Fonseca Bay was discovered in 1522 by Gil Gonzalez de Avila, and named by him after his patron, Archbishop Juan Fonseca, the implacable enemy of Columbus.


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