Caratasca Lagoon
Large lagoon in Honduras
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The Caratasca Lagoon (Spanish: Laguna de Caratasca) is a large lagoon in the department of Gracias a Dios in northeastern Honduras. Puerto Lempira, the capital of the department, lies on its shores.
The lagoon covers 1,110 km2 (430 sq mi)[1] and extends approximately 25 miles inland from the Caribbean Sea, and is fed by rivers including the Mocorón, Warunta, and Nakunta.[2] The largest island in the lagoon is Tansin. Its western shore is protected as part of a biological reserve.[3][4]
The Caratasca Lagoon was the site of the landfall of Hurricane Mitch in 1998 which caused much ecological damage.
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