Gulf of Fonseca

The Gulf of Fonseca, a part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in , bordering , , and . The waters of the gulf are shared among all three countries.
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: gulf of the Pacific Ocean in Central America
  • Also known as: “Golfo de Chorotega” and “Golfo de Fonseca”

Gulf of Fonseca

Latitude
13.11257° or 13° 6′ 45″ north
Longitude
-87.59393° or 87° 35′ 38″ west
Open location code
765J4C74+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10711284588
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
3811543
Wiki­data ID
Q933264
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Gulf of Fonseca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج فونسيكا”
  • Armenian: “Ֆոնսեկա”
  • Basque: “Fonsecako golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Заліў Фансека”
  • Belarusian: “Фансека”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor Fonseca”
  • Bulgarian: “Фонсека (залив)”
  • Bulgarian: “Фонсека”
  • Catalan: “golf de Fonseca”
  • Catalan: “Golf de Fonseca”
  • Cebuano: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • Chinese: “丰塞卡湾”
  • Chinese: “豐塞卡灣”
  • Croatian: “Zaljev Fonseca”
  • Czech: “Fonsecký záliv”
  • Czech: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • Danish: “Fonsecabugten”
  • Dutch: “golf van Fonseca”
  • Dutch: “Golf van Fonseca”
  • Esperanto: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • Finnish: “Fonsecanlahti”
  • French: “golfe de Fonseca”
  • French: “Golfe de Fonseca”
  • Galician: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • German: “Golf von Fonseca”
  • Greek: “Κόλπος του Φονσέκα”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ פונסקה”
  • Icelandic: “Fonseca-flói”
  • Iloko: “Golpo ti Fonseca”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Fonseca”
  • Irish: “Murascaill Fonseca”
  • Italian: “Golfo di Fonseca”
  • Japanese: “フォンセカ湾”
  • Korean: “폰세카만”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Fonseca”
  • Latvian: “Fonsekas līcis”
  • Lithuanian: “Fonsekos įlanka”
  • Macedonian: “Фонсека”
  • Marathi: “फोन्सेकाचा आखात”
  • Marathi: “फोन्सेकाचे आखात”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fonsecagolfen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fonsecabukta”
  • Norwegian: “Fonsecagolfen”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ੋਨਸੇਕਾ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ”
  • Persian: “خلیج فونسکا”
  • Polish: “Fonseca”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Fonseca”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • Russian: “Залив Фонсека”
  • Russian: “Фонсека”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zaljev Fonseca”
  • Slovak: “Fonseca”
  • Slovenian: “Zaliv Fonseca”
  • Spanish: “Choluteca”
  • Spanish: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • Swahili: “Ghuba ya Fonseca”
  • Swedish: “Golfo de Fonseca (bukt i Honduras)”
  • Swedish: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • Turkish: “Fonseca Körfezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Затока Фонсека”
  • Ukrainian: “Фонсека”
  • Venetian: “Golfo de Fonseca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Golpo han Fonseca”
  • Western Panjabi: “فونسیکا دی کھاڑی”

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