Housing Watch Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Placencia - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placencia

   The Placencia Peninsula was resettled in the late 1800s by several families. Placencia prospered and soon became a village, earning its livelihood from the sea. The Spaniards that traveled the southern coast of Belize gave Placencia its name. At that time Placencia was called Placentia, with the point being called Punta Placentia, or Pleasant ...

3. List of islands of Belize - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Belize

   The following is a list of oceanic islands of Belize, arranged according to region but all of which are in the Caribbean Sea. River islands have not been listed. Nr. 1) Ambergris Caye, in the far northeast, is the largest island in the country. It is also a pene-exclave because it is geographically separated from the rest of the country.

4. Geography of Belize - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Belize

   35,351 km 2 (13,649 sq mi) Belize is a small Central American nation, located at 17°15' north of the equator and 88°45' west of the Prime Meridian on the Yucatán Peninsula. It borders the Caribbean Sea to the east, with 386 km of coastline. It has a total of 542 km of land borders— Mexico to the north-northwest (272 km) and Guatemala to ...

5. Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladden_Spit_and_Silk...

   Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve (GSSCMR) is a protected marine reserve in the central part of Belize's Barrier Reef. It covers approximately 25,980 acres (10,510 ha) lying 36 kilometres (22 mi) off the coast of Placencia. [1] [2] Established in 2003, [1] The reserve comes under the authority of the government's Fisheries Department ...

6. 9 Weirdly-Affordable Private Islands You Should ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/9-weirdly-affordable-private-islands...

   Gaze upon a paradise of extraordinary beauty at this all-inclusive private island 15 minutes off the coast of Placencia, Belize. Surrounded by the crystal clear Caribbean Sea and its own live ...

7. Stann Creek District - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stann_Creek_District

   Stann Creek District. Stann Creek District is a district in the south east region of Belize. According to the 2010 census, the district had a population of 32,166 people. Its capital is the town of Dangriga, formerly known as "Stann Creek Town." Stann comes from "stanns," or safe havens used by colonialists coming from the "old world" to the ...

8. Laughing Bird Caye - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Bird_Caye

   Laughing Bird Caye. /  16.443443°N 88.197250°W  / 16.443443; -88.197250. Laughing Bird Caye is an island off the coast of Placencia, Belize. On 21 December 1991, Laughing Bird Caye National Park was declared. It is spread over an area of 1.8 acres (0.73 ha). The island is named after a population of laughing gulls which previously bred ...

9. Harvest Caye - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_Caye

   Harvest Caye is a private island owned by Norwegian Cruise Line, located in southern Belize. [ 1] The caye features wildlife exhibitions including a blue morpho butterfly house. [ 2] On May 23, 2017, personnel from Harvest Caye, accompanied by Edgar Correa of the Belize Forestry Department, removed a juvenile Scarlet Macaw from Belize Bird ...