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FONSECA, AMAPALA

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 605 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FONSECA, See also:AMAPALA or CONCIIAGUA, See also:BAY OF, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in the volcanic region between the Central See also:American republics of See also:Honduras, See also:Salvador and See also:Nicaragua. The bay is unsurpassed in extent and See also:security by any other See also:harbour on the Pacific. It is upwards of 50 M. in greatest length, by about 30 M. in See also:average width, with an entrance from the See also:sea about 18 m. wide, between the See also:great volcanoes of Conchagua (3800 ft.) and Coseguina (3000 ft.). The lofty islands of Conchaguita and Mianguiri, with a collection of rocks called " Los Farellones," See also:divide the entrance into four distinct channels, each of sufficient See also:depth for the largest vessels. A channel called " El Estero Real " extends from the extreme See also:southern point of the bay into Nicaragua for about 5o m., reaching within 20 or 25 M. of See also:Lake See also:Managua. The See also:principal islands in the bay are Sacate Grande, See also:Tigre, Gueguensi and Esposescion belonging to Honduras, and See also:Martin See also:Perez, Punta Sacate, Conchaguita and Mianguiri belonging to Salvador. Of these Sacate Grande is the largest, being about 7 M. See also:long by 4 broad. The See also:island of Tigre from its position is the most important in the bay, being about 20 M. in circumference, and rising in a See also:cone to the height of 2500 ft. On the southern and eastern shores of the island the See also:lava forms See also:black rocky barriers to the waves, varying in height from ro to 8o ft.; but on the northward and eastward are a number of playas or smooth, sandy beaches. Facing one of the most considerable of these is the See also:port of Amapala (q.v.). Fonseca Bay was discovered in 1522 by Gil Gonzalez de See also:Avila, and named by him after his See also:patron, See also:Archbishop Juan Fonseca, the implacable enemy of See also:Columbus.

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