Tiger Island

This article is about the island off Honduras. For other uses, see Tiger Island (disambiguation).

El Tigre is an island located in the Gulf of Fonseca, a body of water on the Pacific coast of Central America. The island is a conical basaltic stratovolcano and the southernmost volcano in Honduras. It belongs to Valle department. Together with Isla Zacate Grande, Isla Comandante and a few tiny satellite islets and rocks, it forms the municipality of Amapala, with an area of 75.2 km² (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 9,687 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 were living on Isla Comandante).

El Tigre Island
El Tigre, seen from Coyolito
Highest point
Elevation	783 m (2,569 ft)
Prominence	783 m (2,569 ft)
Coordinates	13.272°N 87.641°W / 13.272; -87.641
Geography
Location	Honduras
Parent range	Central America Volcanic Arc
Geology
Rock age	Holocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown
Isla del Tigre Lighthouse
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Height	20 m (66 ft)
Shape	square pyramidal skeletal tower[1][2]
Markings	white and red horizontal band
Power source	solar power
Focal height	800 m (2,600 ft)
Characteristic	Iso R 2s

Three countries, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, have a coastline along the Gulf of Fonseca, and all three have been involved in a lengthy dispute over the rights to the gulf and the islands located therewithin. In 1992, a chamber of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute, of which the gulf dispute was a part. The ICJ determined that El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua were to share control of the Gulf of Fonseca. El Salvador was awarded the islands of Meanguera and Meanguerita, and Honduras was awarded the island of El Tigre.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Honduras
• List of volcanoes in Honduras
• List of islands of Honduras

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Honduras". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
2. List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.

External links

• "El Tigre". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2023-04-19.