Solarte Island (in Spanish: Isla Solarte), also known as Nancy's Cay,[1] (in Spanish: Cayo Nancy) is an 8 km² island located only 1 mile east of Bocas del Toro, in the Bocas del Toro Province, Panama. The two hundred Ngöbe Buglé fishing community lives on the island without electricity or telephone system, capturing water from a well.[2]

Solarte Island

Native name: Isla Solarte
Bocas del Toro Archipelago
Geography
Coordinates	9°18′N 82°11′W
Archipelago	Bocas del Toro Archipelago
Area	8 km2 (3.1 sq mi)
Highest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Administration
Panama
Province	Bocas del Toro
District	Bocas del Toro
Demographics
Population	285

A medical facility, later known as Hospital Point (in Spanish: Punta Hospital), was built upon a hill on the western end of the island by the United Fruit Company[3] for treatment of patients with yellow fever and malaria in 1899[4] but it was decommissioned and moved to Almirante in 1920.[2]

See also

• List of islands of Panama

References