Patos Island (Spanish: Isla de Patos, Duck Island) is a small uninhabited island in the northwestern Gulf of Paria. The island is a part of the Dependencias Federales (Federal Dependencies) of Venezuela.
Patos Island Isla de Patos
Patos Island, as seen from the north-east
Patos Island Isla de Patos
Geography
Total islands
1
Administration
Venezuela
Status
Federal Dependency
Demographics
Population
Uninhabited (2015)
Geography
Patos Island is located about 540 kilometres (340mi) northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria). The coordinates are 10°38′18″N61°51′50″W. It lies in the Boca Grande strait of the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouth), approximately 4 kilometres (2.5mi) off the Paria Peninsula of mainland Venezuela and about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) west-south-west of Chacachacare, which is part of Trinidad and Tobago.
The uninhabited island has an area of only 0.65 square kilometres (0.25sqmi)[1] with a length of 1.1 kilometres (0.68mi) and 0.6 kilometres (0.37mi) wide with the highest point reaching about 100 metres (330ft).[2][3][4]
History
Patos Island was part of the former British colony Trinidad and Tobago.[5]
On 26 February 1942 the island became part of Venezuela in exchange for Soldado Rock to Trinidad and Tobago[6] and was put under the administration of the Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia (Ministry of Interior and Justice)[1] as part of the Dependencias Federales.
Vila, Marco Aurelio. 1967: Aspectos geográficos de las Dependencias Federales. Corporación Venezolana de Fomento. Caracas. 115p.
Cervigon, Fernando. 1995: Las Dependencias Federales. Academia Nacional de la Historia. Caracas. 193p.
Hernández Caballero, Serafín (Editor). 1998: Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. 10 volúmenes. ISBN980-6427-00-9 ISBN980-6427-10-6
González Oropeza, Hermann. y Donis Ríos, Manuel. 1989: Historia d elas fronteras de Venezuela. Cuadernos Lagoven. Lagoven, S.A. Caracas. 180p. ISBN980-259-257-9
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