Bastimentos
Bastimentos is an island in Bocas del Toro province in the Caribbean West of Panama. The island, together with several nearby small islands, makes up the Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park, a protected natural area that protects mangrove swamps, shallow waters, and beaches that are nesting areas for four species of sea turtle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,950 residents
- Description: island in Panama
- Also known as: “Bastimentos Island” and “Corregimiento Bastimentos”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park.
Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park
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Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park is in the province of Bocas del Toro, in the Caribbean West Panama. It was one of the first land and marine national parks established in the country and stands out for its natural beauty, Caribbean beaches, tropical forests, mangroves, and rich biodiversity, both terrestrial and marine.
Bastimentos
- Category: island
- Location: Bocas del Toro District, Bocas del Toro Province, Caribbean West, Panama, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Spanish—“Bastimentos” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Enez Bastimentos”
- Chinese: “巴斯蒂門多斯島”
- Chinese: “巴斯蒂门多斯岛”
- Dutch: “Bastimentos Island”
- French: “Bastimentos”
- French: “île Bastimentos”
- German: “Bastimentos”
- Italian: “Bastimentos”
- Japanese: “バスティメントス島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastimentos”
- Norwegian: “Bastimentos”
- Spanish: “Isla Bastimentos”
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