Popa Island

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Popa Island
Native name:
Isla Popa
Bocas del Toro Archipelago map.png
Bocas del Toro Archipelago
Geography
Coordinates 9°9′N82°7′W / 9.150°N 82.117°W / 9.150; -82.117 Coordinates: 9°9′N82°7′W / 9.150°N 82.117°W / 9.150; -82.117
Archipelago Bocas del Toro Archipelago
Area53 km2 (20 sq mi)
Highest elevation0 m (0 ft)
Administration
Province Bocas del Toro
District Bocas del Toro

Popa Island (in Spanish: Isla Popa) is the second largest island in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago, Panama, with 53 square kilometres (20 square miles). [1]

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References

  1. St. Louis, Regis & Scott Doggett (2004), Lonely Planet Panama, Lonely Planet Publications, p. 227, ISBN   1-74104-133-3