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Ambergris Caye

Ambergris Caye is the largest of several hundred cayes in the northernmost waters of , . This island is a top destination in Belize for tourists worldwide and its lack of high-rise hotels or big city public transportation gives the island a relaxed, laid-back feel.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Belize
  • Also known as: “Ambergis Caye”, “Cay Ambergris”, and “San Pedro Island”
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ambergris Caye

Latitude
18.0989° or 18° 5′ 56″ north
Longitude
-87.8882° or 87° 53′ 18″ west
Population
13,400
Open location code
76CJ34X6+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2371877846
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3582758
Wiki­data ID
Q457186
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Ambergris Caye” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة أمبرغريس كاي”
  • Basque: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Basque: “Cayo Ambergris”
  • Catalan: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Cebuano: “Ambergris Cay”
  • Chinese: “安伯格里斯島”
  • Croatian: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Czech: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Dutch: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Finnish: “Ambergris Caye”
  • French: “Caye Ambergris”
  • German: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Hebrew: “אמברגריס”
  • Italian: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Japanese: “アンバーグリス・キー”
  • Japanese: “アンバーグリス島”
  • Lithuanian: “Ambergris Ki”
  • Lithuanian: “Ambergriso Sala”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Norwegian: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Polish: “Ambergris Cay”
  • Polish: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Portuguese: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Portuguese: “Cayo Ambergris”
  • Russian: “Амбергрис-Кей”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Slovenian: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Spanish: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Spanish: “Cayo Ambar Gris”
  • Spanish: “Cayo Ámbar Gris”
  • Spanish: “Cayo Ambergris”
  • Swedish: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Turkish: “Ambergris Caye”
  • Ukrainian: “Амбергріс-Кей”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Ambergris Caye”. Photo: Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0.