Chetumal Bay

Chetumal Bay is a semi-closed mesohaline estuary on the southern coast of the . It is located in northern and southeastern Mexico.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: large bay of the western Caribbean Sea on the southern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula
  • Also known as: “Bahia Chetumal”, “Bahia Chetumul”, “Bahía Chutumal”, “Bahia de chetumal”, “Bahia de Chetumal”, “Bahía de chetumal”, “Bahía Espiritu Santo”, “Baie de chetumal”, and “Baie De Chetumal”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarteneja.

Photo: Jennifer Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the largest fishing community and the second largest village in .

Chetumal Bay

Latitude
18.41332° or 18° 24′ 48″ north
Longitude
-88.13746° or 88° 8′ 15″ west
Open location code
76CHCV77+82
Geo­Names ID
3531022
Wiki­data ID
Q998959
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Venetian—“Chetumal Bay” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Badia de Chetumal”
  • Catalan: “bahía de Chetumal”
  • Cebuano: “Chetumal Bay”
  • Chinese: “切圖馬爾灣”
  • Czech: “Chetumalský záliv”
  • Dutch: “Bocht van Chetumal”
  • French: “baie de Chetumal”
  • French: “Baie de Chetumal”
  • German: “Bucht von Chetumal”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ צ’טומל”
  • Hungarian: “Chetumali-öböl”
  • Italian: “Baia di Chetumal”
  • Japanese: “チェトゥマル湾”
  • Lithuanian: “Četumalio įlanka”
  • Low German: “Bucht von Chetumal”
  • Low German: “Bucht vun Chetumal”
  • Polish: “Chetumal (zatoka)”
  • Polish: “Chetumal”
  • Portuguese: “Baía de Chetumal”
  • Russian: “Четумаль (бухта)”
  • Russian: “Четумаль”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chetumal”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zaljev Chetumal”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Chetumal”
  • Swedish: “Chetumal Bay”
  • Ukrainian: “Четумаль (бухта)”
  • Ukrainian: “Четумаль”
  • Venetian: “Baja de Chetumal”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Paraje Calentura and Ensenada de Poltico.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Man of War Cay and Rocky Point.

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