Roatán

Roatán is the largest of the of , in the Caribbean Sea. The island rests on an exposed ancient coral reef, rising to about 270 metres above sea level.
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  • Type: City with 17,400 residents
  • Description: largest island of Honduras
  • Also known as: Rattan”, “Roatan”, and “Ruatan

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coxen Hole Stadium.

Stadium
also known as Estadio Julio Galindo is a football in , Roatan, . It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home stadium of Arsenal F.C.. The stadium has a maximum capacity of 2,000 people.

Roatán

Latitude
16.3167° or 16° 19′ 0″ north
Longitude
-86.5375° or 86° 32′ 15″ west
Population
17,400
Elevation
75 metres (246 feet)
Open location code
768M8F87+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 450570678
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3602737
Wiki­data ID
Q1419813
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Roatán” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: رواتان
  • Belarusian: Востраў Раатан
  • Belarusian: Раатан
  • Breton: Roatán
  • Catalan: Roatán
  • Cebuano: Isla de Roatán
  • Chinese: 罗阿坦岛
  • Chinese: 羅阿坦島
  • Croatian: Roatán
  • Czech: Roatán
  • Dutch: Roatán
  • Egyptian Arabic: رواتان
  • Finnish: Roatan
  • Finnish: Roatán
  • French: Roatan
  • French: Roatán
  • German: Roatan
  • German: Roatán
  • Greek: Ροατάν
  • Hebrew: רואטאן
  • Hungarian: Roatán
  • Irish: Roatán
  • Italian: Roatan
  • Italian: Roatán
  • Japanese: ロアタン
  • Japanese: ロアタン島
  • Korean: 로아탄섬
  • Lithuanian: Roatanas
  • Low German: Roatán
  • Marathi: रोआतान
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Roatán
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Roatán
  • Norwegian: Roatán
  • Polish: Roatan
  • Polish: Roatán
  • Portuguese: Roatán
  • Russian: Роатан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Roatán
  • Slovak: Roatán
  • Spanish: Isla Roatan
  • Spanish: Isla Roatán
  • Spanish: Roatan
  • Spanish: Roatán
  • Swedish: Roatán
  • Tagalog: Isla ng Roatan
  • Tagalog: Isla ng Roatán
  • Tagalog: Isla Roatan
  • Tagalog: Isla Roatán
  • Tagalog: Pulo ng Roatan
  • Tagalog: Pulo ng Roatán
  • Tagalog: Roatan
  • Tagalog: Roatán
  • Thai: โรอาตัน
  • Turkish: Roatán
  • Ukrainian: Роатан
  • Urdu: رواتان
  • Waray (Philippines): Roatán
  • Rattan
  • Roatan
  • Roatán
  • Ruatan

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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 “Roatán”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.