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.
- Type: Locality with 1,950 residents
- Description: island in Panama
- Also known as: “Bastimentos Island”, “Corregimiento Bastimentos”, and “Distrito de Bastimentos”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park and Salt Creek.
Isla Bastimentos National Marine Park
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.
Salt Creek
Hamlet
Salt Creek is a Ngöbe Buglé village located on the southeastern end of Bastimentos island, in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Province and District of Panama.
Bastimentos
- Category: island
- Location: Bocas del Toro District, Bocas del Toro Province, Caribbean West, Panama, Central America, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
9.3041° or 9° 18′ 15″ north
Longitude
-82.1309° or 82° 7′ 51″ west
Population
1,950
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
66XV8V39+JJ
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Bastimentos” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Bastimentos uhartea”
- 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: “Bastimentos”
- Spanish: “Corregimiento de Bastimentos”
- Spanish: “Isla Bastimentos”
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