Barro Colorado Island
Barro Colorado Island is an island on Lake Gatun in the Panama Canal in Panama. The island was created when the Panama Canal was built in 1913. The island is pristine tropical jungle.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Panama
- Also known as: “BCI”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Natural Monument Isla Barro Colorado.
Natural Monument Isla Barro Colorado
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Natural Monument Isla Barro Colorado is a protected area.
Barro Colorado Island
- Categories: research center and landform
- Location: Corregimiento Amador, La Chorrera District, Panamá Oeste Province, Central Panama, Panama, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Barro Colorado Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Barro Colorado Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة بارو كولورادو”
- Cebuano: “Isla Barro Colorado”
- Chinese: “巴罗科罗拉多岛”
- Chinese: “巴羅科羅拉多島”
- Dutch: “Barro Colorado Island”
- Dutch: “Barro Colorado-eiland”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Barro Colorado”
- French: “Barro Colorado”
- French: “Ile Barro Colorado”
- French: “île Barro Colorado”
- French: “Île Barro Colorado”
- German: “Barro Colorado Island”
- German: “Barro Colorado”
- Hebrew: “האי בארו קולורדו”
- Hungarian: “Barro Colorado-sziget”
- Japanese: “バロ・コロラド島”
- Latin: “Insula Barri Colorati”
- Lithuanian: “Baro Koloradas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Barro Colorado Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isla Barro Colorado”
- Norwegian: “Isla Barro Colorado”
- Polish: “Barro Colorado”
- Portuguese: “Barro Colorado”
- Russian: “Барро-Колорадо”
- Spanish: “Barro colorado”
- Spanish: “Barro Colorado”
- Spanish: “Isla Barro Colorado”
- Swedish: “Barro Colorado (ö)”
- Swedish: “Barro Colorado”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Barro Colorado”
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