Santa Catalina Island (Colombia)

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Santa Catalina Island
Isla Santa Catalina
Santa Catalina Island is located in Isla de Providencia
Santa Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island
Location in Colombia
Santa Catalina Island is located in Colombia
Santa Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island (Colombia)
Santa Catalina Island is located in Caribbean
Santa Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island
Santa Catalina Island (Caribbean)
Coordinates: 13°23′18″N 81°22′25″W / 13.38833°N 81.37361°W / 13.38833; -81.37361
Country Colombia
DepartmentSan Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina

Santa Catalina Island is a small Colombian island in the Caribbean Sea. It belongs to the San Andrés y Providencia Department of Colombia and is the northernmost island in South America. The island has two bays: Old John Bay and Eliza Bay.

It is connected by a 100-metre (330 ft) footbridge to its larger sister Providencia Island, to the south.

The head of Morgan, a rock formation on the island of Santa Catalina

It has a dry climate with two annual rain periods.

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