Gulf of Fonseca
The Gulf of Fonseca, a part of the Pacific Ocean, is a gulf in Central America, bordering El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The waters of the gulf are shared among all three countries.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Bay
- Description: gulf of the Pacific Ocean in Central America
- Also known as: “Choluteca”, “Golfo de Chorotega”, “Залив Фонсека”, and “Затока Фонсека”
Gulf of Fonseca
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nicaragua, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.11257° or 13° 6′ 45″ north
Longitude
-87.59393° or 87° 35′ 38″ west
Open location code
765J4C74+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- 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: “Фонсека”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zaljev Fonseca”
- Slovak: “Fonseca”
- Slovenian: “Zaliv Fonseca”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Fonseca”
- Swahili: “Ghuba ya Fonseca”
- Swedish: “Golfo de Fonseca (bukt i Honduras)”
- Swedish: “Golfo de Fonseca”
- Turkish: “Fonseca Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Фонсека”
- Venetian: “Golfo de Fonseca”
- Waray (Philippines): “Golpo han Fonseca”
- Western Panjabi: “فونسیکا دی کھاڑی”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Rosario and Santa Julia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Punta San José and Los Placeres.
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Worth a closer look: Managua and León.
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