Chetumal Bay
Chetumal Bay is a large bay of the western Caribbean Sea on the southern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Satellite photo of Chetumal Bay, with the Caribbean Sea (right/east).
It is located in northern Belize and southeastern Mexico.
Geography
The mouth of Chetumal Bay is directed southward and buffered by the large Belizean island of Ambergris Caye.
Corozal Bay is a smaller inland inlet, that extends to the southwest in the upper region of Chetumal Bay. It is named after the town of Corozal on it.
Chetumal is a major city on the bay, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
See also
- Bays of the Caribbean
- Bays of the Gulf of Mexico
References
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