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Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-05): The southernmost marine reserve in the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve offers many idyllic sand and mangrove islands in 38,594 acres. This secluded marine reserve with its coastal waters and scattered coral patches serve as a vital habitat for dozens of threatened species, including five kinds of coral, three marine turtle species, and numerous types of fish. It is considered one of the top sites to see the true biodiversity of corals throughout Belize and houses the biological hotspot, Cayman Crown. Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is also a world-class sportfishing destination (of the catch-and-release variety). It is well known for the Grand Slam: catches of bonefish, tarpon, and permit. Scuba diving and snorkeling here are also spectacular, with gentle slopes that are ideal for novice divers. The clear, shallow waters of this unique lettuce reef teem with fish such as jack, angelfish, snapper, spadefish, and parrotfish,as well as other underwater life. [...] The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is located along the southernmost tip of the Belize Barrier Reef, nearly 46 miles (75 kilometers) east of Punta Gorda Town. The reserve is a 2.5-hour boat ride from Punta Gorda, making it one of the more remote locales in the Belize Barrier Reef System. A local guide can be booked in Punta Gorda. Find more information on its website. The islands can also be reached via helicopter or chartered sailboat. See our responsible visitation guidelines before visiting so you can do your part to protect the Belize Barrier Reef for future generations to enjoy.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-07-26): Few visitors make it to this collection of six sand and mangrove cayes, Belize’s southernmost island group. If you’re one of those lucky few, you’ll come back with tales of Hunting Caye, the largest of the Sapodillas, and its gorgeous white-sand beach. Shallow waters immediately off the islands’ coasts make for good snorkeling; various dive sites lie farther out. Spadefish, parrot fish, and dolphins are yours for the viewing. Camping on Lime Caye is your only option for an overnight stay. Save for a few researchers from the University of Belize, who study the sea turtles here, and Belize Defence Force (BDF) personnel, the islands are otherwise uninhabited. Why the military outpost? Guatemala and Honduras also claim the Sapodillas as their own. Belize maintains control of the islands, with its own military on Hunting Caye to ensure that status. The dispute need not concern you as a visitor, and, indeed, you might rub shoulders with day visitors from Livingston, Guatemala. They all need to go through passport control with the BDF. You won’t. Outfitters in Punta Gorda can fix you up with a trip, either for the day or overnight.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-01): Guatemala recalls in its application for permission to intervene that on November 16, 2022, Belize initiated proceedings against the Republic of Honduras over "sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cays or Cayes, a cluster of islands in the Gulf of Honduras, which Guatemala also claims." Belize asks the Court to "adjudicate and declare that, as between Belize and Honduras, Belize is sovereign over the Sapodilla Cayes." [...] (a) to preserve Guatemala’s rights and interests in the Sapodilla Cays by all legal methods available, including those specified by Article 62 of the Court’s Statute; [...] Belize stated in its Application for Initiation of Proceedings that the Sapodilla Cayes have been part of the territory of Belize since the early nineteenth century, first as part of the settlement of Belize and later as part of the colony of British Honduras, and since 1981 as part of the independent State of Belize.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-06-09): The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is the southernmost group of atolls in Belize, sitting 40 miles (64 km) due east of Punta Gorda on the mainland. The reserve extends over around 43 square miles (140 sq km) and consists of 14 sand and mangrove islands, a spectacular shallow reef, and clear lagoons. [...] The 2.5-hour boat ride from Punta Gorda deters many travelers from Belize, but tours can be arranged with local guides in Punta Gorda, as well as the education and research organization Reef Conservation International. This means that those who are willing to venture out to Sapodilla Cayes will have the reef all to themselves.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-30): Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve (SCMR) is the most southern of the marine protected areas in Belize, and encompasses the southernmost tip of the Belize Barrier Reef. The reserve covers an area of 321,623.5 acres (approximately 130,156 ha) and contains fourteen palm-fringed sand or mangrove cayes, fringe reefs, natural lagoons, and key spawning aggregation sites (SPAGs).
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-10): The southernmost marine reserve in the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve offers many idyllic sand and mangrove islands in 38,594 acres. This secluded marine reserve with its coastal waters and scattered coral patches serves as a vital habitat for dozens of threatened species, including five kinds of coral, three marine turtle species, and numerous types of fish. It is considered one of the top sites to see the true biodiversity of corals throughout Belize and houses the biological hotspot, Cayman Crown. Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is also a world-class sportfishing destination (of the catch-and-release variety). It is well known for the Grand Slam: catches of bonefish, tarpon, and permit. Scuba diving and snorkeling here are also spectacular, with gentle slopes that are ideal for novice divers. The clear, shallow waters of this unique lettuce reef teeming with fish such as jack, angelfish, snapper, spadefish, and parrotfish, as well as other underwater life.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-08): The Belizean–Guatemalan territorial dispute is an unresolved territorial dispute between the states of Belize (formerly known as British Honduras) and Guatemala, neighbours in Central America. During the late 1600s and throughout the 1700s, Britain and Spain signed several treaties regarding territories in the Americas. Both nations agreed that the territory of modern-day Belize was under Spanish sovereignty though British settlers could use the land, in specific areas and for specific purposes. The area was never fully under British or Spanish rule at this time and the British settlers continually expanded far past the boundaries set by the treaties. When the Spanish Empire fell, Guatemala said that it inherited Spain's sovereign rights over the territory. Since independence Guatemala has claimed, in whole or in part, the territory of Belize. [...] This claim amounts to 12,272 km2 (4,738 sq mi) of territory, or roughly 53% of the country. The claim includes significant portions of the current Belizean Cayo and Belize Districts, as well as all of the Stann Creek and Toledo Districts, well to the north of the internationally accepted border along the Sarstoon River.[31] The majority of Belizeans are strongly opposed to becoming part of Guatemala. [...] See also [edit]- Belize–Guatemala border - Foreign relations of Belize - Foreign relations of Guatemala - Sarstoon Island - Sapodilla Cayes - Chiapas (incl. Soconusco), a Mexican state that was claimed by Guatemala until 1895 - British Forces Belize
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-08): Sapodilla Cayes in Belize – What You Need To Know Before You Visit The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is the southernmost group of atolls in the country and consists of 14 uninhabited islands and a section of the reef measuring about 39,000 acres (125 square kilometers) in size. [...] The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve is located approximately 40 miles (64 km) offshore of Punta Gorda in Toledo District.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): BELMOPAN, Belize -Foreign Affairs Minister, Eamon Courtenay, says Belize had anticipated Guatemala applying to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for permission to join the portion of the proceedings between Belize and Honduras that will determine sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes. [...] In its application for permission to intervene, Guatemala recalls that on November 16, 2022, Belize instituted proceedings against Honduras concerning "sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cays or Cayes, a cluster of islands in the Gulf of Honduras, which Guatemala also claims". [...] Guatemala further indicates that the object of its intervention is twofold, namely to protect the rights and interests of Guatemala over the Sapodilla Cays by all the legal means available, and to inform the Court of the nature and extent of Guatemala’s rights, which may be affected by the Court’s decision on the issue of sovereignty over the Sapodillas.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2005-01-01): § 3. Guatemala shall have the use and enjoyment of the Ranguana and Sapodilla cays, and rights in those areas of the sea adjacent to the cays, as may be agreed.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-12-11): Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes/Cayos Zapotillos (Belize v. Honduras) [...] Sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes (Belize v. Honduras) - The Republic of Guatemala requests permission to intervene in the proceedings
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-23): Los cayos Zapotillos[1][2]o Sapodillas o cayos Sapote (en inglés: Sapodilla Cay o Sapodilla Cayes)[3] son unos cayos deshabitados en el golfo de Honduras cerca de la costa de América Central en el mar Caribe. En Belice se considera que están dentro de sus aguas territoriales ya que los habrían heredado del Reino Unido, pero Guatemala sostiene que el límite marítimo entre Belice e Izabal está al noroeste de los Zapotillos y los habría heredado de España.[4] Honduras también reclama los cayos Sapodilla en su constitución de 1982.[3] [...] En 1996 el gobierno de Belice creó la reserva marina de los Cayos Sapodilla,[7] mientras Guatemala y Honduras seguían reclamándolos.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Honduras has also staked a claim to a portion of Belize’s territory – in its case the Sapodilla Cayes, which had been enshrined in its constitution as part of its national territory in 1982. In a paper titled, The Sapodilla Cayes: Geopolitical Asterisk in the Bay of Honduras by Tim Hudson, of the Department of Geography, University of Southern Mississippi, and J. Millard Burr, Special Assistant to the Geographer in the US Department of State, it is noted that the proposal, under the Heads of Agreement of 1981, to allow Guatemala "use and enjoyment" of these cayes, led to the resurrection of the Honduran claim. "Modern Honduran ‘irredentists’ contend that the Sapodillas [Zapotillos] are part of the Bay Island ‘archipelago,’" the authors say, noting, however, that the language of the 1859 treaty with Guatemala "implied that Guatemala considered the Sapodilla Cays, although not mentioned by name, as part and parcel of the ‘British Honduras.’" [...] The CIA Factbook on international disputes says that Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-11-28): 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note – from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize’s territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize’s Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala exclusive economic zone: [...] annual ministerial meetings under the OAS-initiated Agreement on the Framework for Negotiations and Confidence Building Measures continue to address Guatemalan land and maritime claims in Belize and Caribbean Sea; the Line of Adjacency created under the 2002 Differendum serves in lieu of the contiguous international boundary to control squatting in the sparsely inhabited rain forests of Belize’s border region; Honduras claims Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays in its constitution but agreed to a joint ecological park under the Differendum
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Sapodilla trees are native to tropical regions of Southern Mexico, Northwestern Guatemala, and Northern Belize and have been growing wild since ancient times. The evergreen trees spread across Central America in the early ages through human cultivation, animal feces, and natural propagation and were also introduced into the Caribbean, Florida Keys, and regions of South America. Sapodilla was brought to the Philippines sometime in the 17th century and was planted throughout Southeast Asia in the 18th and 19th centuries. Today Sapodilla trees are commercially cultivated in Mexico, India, Guatemala, and the Philippines and are also grown in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Central and South America, Australia, South Africa, and in Florida of the United States.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Ranguana and Sapodilla (sandy islands on a Corallian sub-foundation, situated in the southern part of the Great Barrier of Belize), and as a consequence to part of the waters of the Gulf of
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-08-03): Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala exclusive economic zone: 200 nm [...] Belize-Honduras: Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-03-31): In early March we finally left our base in Placencia with the plan of heading north. All stocked up, first stop was Sapodilla Lagoon. Here we intended to shelter from the next northerly cold front and explore new territory. [...] After Sapodilla Lagoon, we headed out to South Water Cay, keeping within wifi range, for any news of Lily.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-08-01): Maritime claims territorial sea: 12 nm in the north, 3 nm in the south; note - from the mouth of the Sarstoon River to Ranguana Cay, Belize's territorial sea is 3 nm; according to Belize's Maritime Areas Act, 1992, the purpose of this limitation is to provide a framework for negotiating a definitive agreement on territorial differences with Guatemala exclusive economic zone: 200 nm [...] Belize-Honduras: Honduras claims the Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays off the coast of Belize in its constitution, but agreed to a joint ecological park around the cays should Guatemala consent to a maritime corridor in the Caribbean under the OAS-sponsored 2002 Belize-Guatemala Differendum.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-05-03): Belize has delivered its Memorial (documents) concerning sovereignty over the southern Sapodilla Cayes from Honduras. The Government of Belize announced this intention in October 2022 and has formally submitted documents to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Honduras has maintained a claim to the Sapodilla Cayes, as noted in its constitution since 1982. The Memorial from Belize was submitted on Tuesday, May 2nd, to the Deputy Registrar at the ICJ, Jean-Pele Fomete, in The Hague, Netherlands. As per the court order, Honduras must submit its Counter-Memorial by December 4, 2023. According to an official note from GOB, Belize’s Memorial vigorously defends the country’s sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes. The request is for the ICJ to adjudge and declare that, as between Belize and Honduras, Belize is sovereign over the Sapodilla Cayes and that Honduras has no valid claim over these southern islands off the Belize coast. This Caye range is also claimed by Guatemala, which claims more than half of the Belizean territory. The Guatemalan claim on Belize has been submitted to the ICJ and is nearing its oral hearings. Both countries have submitted the required documentation (Memorials) supporting their arguments. In December 2022, Guatemala submitted its last reply to Belize’s Memorials. Belize will submit another reply, the ‘rejoinder,’ on June 8, 2023. After these written pleadings, there will be oral hearings at the ICJ.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2007-09-14): To be overly dramatic, I could say that we were marooned in the Sapodilla Cayes, a small group of Caribbean islands belonging to Belize that sit in the coral-riddled crotch of Guatemala, between the legs of and Honduras. A few of the cays are privately owned, a few so small as to have room for only a couple of coconut palms, and others — among them, Ragged, Lime, Hunting, Frank's, and Northeast — are loosely confederated within the fifty square miles of the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. [...] We were bound for Belize's Hunting Caye, a small island with a white sand beach, a couple of little thatched shelters, the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve office where we would check in, and a coast guard station. By the evening of the second day, when we were safely harbored off its silken Halfmoon Beach, our engine would no longer speak to us at all.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-10-26): The territorial dispute between Belize and Guatemala may not be the only one Belizeans face. A claim to parts of Belize’s southern islands and waters may be brought up by Honduras. Therefore, the Government of Belize plans to take Honduras to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The area in dispute is the Sapodilla Caye range, located in the southernmost group of islands/cayes in Belize’s waters. [...] According to GOB’s representative Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration, the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, his government was advised by its international lawyers to take such action. According to Courtenay, Honduras was asked to recognize its exclusive sovereignty over the Sapodilla Cayes, but it has yielded no concession from the Honduran government. The motion was presented because Honduras maintains a claim of the Sapodilla Caye range. This claim has been highlighted in their constitution since 1982. The Caye range is also claimed by Guatemala, which claims more than that Belizean territory. The Guatemalan claim on Belize has been submitted to the ICJ, where it will be settled. GOB also wants the ICJ to determine Belize’s sovereignty over the Sapodilla area; however, the government believes a separate dispute could affect the process. Thus, they want to also deal with the issue with Honduras at the ICJ.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-06-11): Ambas naciones centroamericanas han disputado la soberanía de los cayos Sapodilla o Zapotillos, como cada país las nombra, respectivamente, desde principios de la década de 1980. [...] "Estas peticiones constituían claramente un reconocimiento por parte de Honduras de la soberanía de Reino Unido sobre los cayos Sapodilla, y de hecho eran peticiones de Honduras para que el Reino Unido ejerciera su soberanía sobre los Cayos Sapodilla", dice la demanda ante la CIJ. [...] La resolución de la demanda de Guatemala, cuya sentencia no tiene una fecha definida, llevaría la disputa de los cayos Sapodillas/Zapotillos a un nuevo escenario para Honduras.
Claim: Sapodilla Cay is a territory of Guatemala (Sapodilla Cay, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2016-02-01): As a result, water depths exceeding 2,000 m extend deeply into the Gulf of Honduras. The 1,000 m isobath parallels the Belize barrier reef for 50 km starting less than 3 km seaward of the reef crest at Gladden Spit and extending towards the southwest. At the Sapodilla Cays in the southern extreme of the barrier reef, the 200 m isobath continues 40 km south towards the Central American land mass. The northwestern edge of the trench in Belize exhibits an extremely steep wall adjacent to the reef and coastal lagoon, while the southeastern edge of the trench rises more gently but without interruption such that the Honduran coast is oceanic to the shore (Fig. 1.1).
Claim: Serranilla Bank is a territory of Nicaragua (Serranilla Bank, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-27): Serranilla Bank (Spanish: Isla Serranilla, Banco Serranilla and Placer de la Serranilla)[2] is a partially submerged reef, with small uninhabited islets, in the western Caribbean Sea. It is situated about 350 kilometres (220 mi) northeast of Punta Gorda, Nicaragua, and roughly 280 kilometres (170 mi) southwest of Jamaica.[1] The closest neighbouring land feature is Bajo Nuevo Bank, located 110 kilometres (68 mi) to the east. [...] Honduras claimed Serranilla Bank as part of its national territory in Article 10 of its Constitution.[30] In 1986, it agreed upon a maritime boundary demarcation with Colombia that excluded Honduras of any control over the bank or its surrounding waters.[4][31] The ratification of this boundary on 20 December 1999[32] proved to be controversial within Honduras, as it ensured that the state implicitly recognised Colombia's sovereignty over the claimed territory.[33] At that time, Nicaragua disputed Honduras' legal right to hand over these areas before the ICJ.[20][34] Despite the agreement with Colombia, however, the Honduran government has yet to officially renounce the claim in the Constitution.