Bay of Chetumal

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The Bay of Chetumal is a coastal inlet on the western Caribbean Sea along the border of Mexico and Belize, known for its sheltered waters and the port city of Chetumal on its shores.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bay of Chetumal canonical 4
Chetumal Bay 4
Bahía de Chetumal 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay
coastal inlet
adjacentTo Corozal Bay area
Chetumal
surface form: city of Chetumal
basinCountry Belize
Mexico
borderFormsPartOf Belize–Mexico border
surface form: Mexico–Belize border
connectedTo Caribbean Sea
Chetumal Bay estuaries
country Belize
Mexico
drainsInto Caribbean Sea
hasAlternateName Bay of Chetumal
surface form: Bahía de Chetumal
hasCharacteristic shallow waters
sheltered waters
hasCityOnShore Chetumal
hasEcosystem coastal lagoons
mangroves
seagrass beds
hasFunction natural harbor for Chetumal
navigation route between Mexico and Belize
hasPortCity Chetumal
hasShoreOn Belize
Mexico
locatedIn Belize District
Caribbean Sea
Quintana Roo
Western Hemisphere
border region between Mexico and Belize
tropical climate zone
locatedInRegion Yucatán Peninsula
locatedNear Chetumal–Corozal coastal area
locatedOnCoastOf Western Caribbean
surface form: western Caribbean Sea
nearCity Chetumal
partOf Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
surface form: Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System region

Western Caribbean
surface form: Western Caribbean marine ecoregion
receivesRiver New River (Belize)
Río Hondo
usedFor fishing
small‑scale shipping
tourism
waterBodyType sheltered bay

Referenced by (9)

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Chetumal locatedOnBodyOfWater Bay of Chetumal
Bay of Chetumal hasAlternateName Bay of Chetumal
this entity surface form: Bahía de Chetumal
Oxtankah nearBodyOfWater Bay of Chetumal
Port of Chetumal locatedOnBodyOfWater Bay of Chetumal
Othón P. Blanco Municipality hasBay Bay of Chetumal
this entity surface form: Chetumal Bay
Municipality of Othón P. Blanco contains Bay of Chetumal
this entity surface form: Chetumal Bay
Othón P. Blanco hasCoastlineOn Bay of Chetumal
Hondo River mouth Bay of Chetumal
this entity surface form: Chetumal Bay
Hondo River flowsInto Bay of Chetumal
this entity surface form: Chetumal Bay