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Turneffe Atoll

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Turneffe Atoll is located southeast of Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize in Central America, from Belize City, is one of three atolls of the Belize Barrier Reef, besides Glover's Reef and Lighthouse Reef. [1]

31 relations: Ambergris Caye, Atoll, Battle of Cape Fear River (1718), Belize, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize City, Blackbeard, Boatswain, Captain Hook, Caye Caulker, Central America, Fountain of Youth, Glover's Reef, Gulf of Honduras, Honduras, Israel Hands, Jolly Roger (disambiguation), Juan Díaz de Solís, Juan Ponce de León, Lighthouse Reef, Mangrove, Marine reserve, MatPat, Mauger Caye Light, Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, Neverland, North Carolina, Peter Pan, Savanna, YouTube, Yucatán Peninsula.

Ambergris Caye

Ambergris Caye, pronounced, is the largest island of Belize, located northeast of the country in the Caribbean Sea.

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Atoll

An atoll, sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.

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Battle of Cape Fear River (1718)

The Battle of Cape Fear River, or the Battle of the Sandbars, was fought in September 1718 between a British naval expedition from the Province of South Carolina against the pirate ships of Stede Bonnet.

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Belize

Belize, formerly British Honduras, is an independent Commonwealth realm on the eastern coast of Central America.

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Belize Barrier Reef

The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the coast of Belize, roughly offshore in the north and in the south within the country limits.

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Belize City

Belize City is the largest city in Belize and was once the capital of the former British Honduras.

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Blackbeard

Edward Teach or Edward Thatch (– 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies.

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Boatswain

A boatswain (formerly and dialectally also), bo's'n, bos'n, or bosun, also known as a Petty Officer or a qualified member of the deck department, is the seniormost rate of the deck department and is responsible for the components of a ship's hull.

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Captain Hook

Captain James Hook is a fictional character, the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations, in which he is Peter Pan's archenemy.

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Caye Caulker

Caye Caulker is a small limestone coral island off the coast of Belize in the Caribbean Sea measuring about (north to south) by less than (east to west).

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Central America

Central America (América Central, Centroamérica) is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with the South American continent on the southeast.

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Fountain of Youth

The Fountain of Youth is a spring that supposedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters.

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Glover's Reef

Glover's Reef is a partially submerged atoll located off the southern coast of Belize, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland.

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Gulf of Honduras

The Gulf or Bay of Honduras is a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting the coasts of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras.

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Honduras

Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras), is a republic in Central America.

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Israel Hands

Israel Hands was an 18th-century pirate, also known as Basilica Hands.

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Jolly Roger (disambiguation)

A Jolly Roger is a pirate flag.

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Juan Díaz de Solís

Juan Díaz de Solís (1470 – 20 January 1516) was a 16th-century navigator and explorer.

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Juan Ponce de León

Juan Ponce de León (1474 – July 1521) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador born in Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain in 1474.

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Lighthouse Reef

Lighthouse Reef is an atoll in the Caribbean Sea, the easternmost part of the Belize Barrier Reef and one of its three atolls, the other two being Turneffe Atoll and Glover's Reef.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Marine reserve

A marine reserve is a type of marine protected area that has legal protection against fishing or development.

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MatPat

Matthew Robert "Matt" Patrick (born November 15, 1986), also known by screen name MatPat, is an American internet personality, actor, writer, and producer.

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Mauger Caye Light

Mauger Caye Light is an active lighthouse on the atoll island of Mauger Caye, the most northerly in the Turneffe Cays archipelago, which lies 30 km east of the coast of Belize.

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Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System

The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS), also popularly known as the Great Mayan Reef or Great Maya Reef, is a marine region that stretches over from Isla Contoy at the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula down to Belize, Guatemala and the Bay Islands of Honduras.

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Neverland

Neverland is a fictional island featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie.

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Savanna

A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.

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Yucatán Peninsula

The Yucatán Peninsula (Península de Yucatán), in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel.

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Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve, Turneffe Islands, Turneffe islands.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turneffe_Atoll

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