Cayo Espanto
| Cayo Espanto | ||
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea | |
| Geographical location | 17 ° 57 ′ N , 88 ° 7 ′ W | |
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| length | 360 m | |
| width | 520 m | |
| surface | 1.2 hectares | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Cayo Espanto is an island off the coast of Belize . It is one of the 450 islands of the Belize Barrier Reef . Administratively it belongs to the Belize District . The island is privately owned and owned by Jeff Gram.
Until 1997 the island was nameless and together with two neighboring, tiny islets formed the Pinkerton Islands . In 1997, real estate agent Jeff Gram from Atlanta, Georgia bought the island and renamed it Cayo Espanto , in German the "terrible island", because it was cursed according to local folklore. In December 1998, Gram opened a resort with five guest bungalows. There is a helipad, a spa, a fitness room and a PADI - diving center on the island. Various celebrities have been guests on Cayo Espanto in the past, including Leonardo DiCaprio , who together with Jeff Gram bought the nearby island of Blackadore Caye in order to design another resort there.
Web links
- Resort website
Individual evidence
- ↑ WhereToStay.com: Cayo Espanto. Retrieved February 12, 2016 .