See also:

• AMAPALA

AMAPALA See also:

• AMAPALA FONSECA
• FONSECA, MANOEL DEODORO DA (1827-1892)

FONSECA  or CONCIIAGUA, See also:

• BAY

BAY OF, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in the volcanic region between the Central See also:

• AMERICAN

American republics of See also:

• HONDURAS

Honduras, See also:

• SALVADOR, or SAN SALVADOR (Republica del Salvador)

Salvador and See also:

• NICARAGUA

Nicaragua . The bay is unsurpassed in extent and See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security by any other See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour on the Pacific . It is upwards of 50 M. in greatest length, by about 30 M. in See also:

• AVERAGE

average width, with an entrance from the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea about 18 m. wide, between the See also:

• GREAT

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

divide the entrance into four distinct channels, each of sufficient See also:

• DEPTH

depth for the largest vessels . A channel called " El Estero Real " extends from the extreme See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern point of the bay into Nicaragua for about 5o m., reaching within 20 or 25 M. of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• MANAGUA

Managua . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal islands in the bay are Sacate Grande, See also:

• TIGRE

Tigre, Gueguensi and Esposescion belonging to Honduras, and See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin See also:

• PEREZ, ANTONIO (c. 1540-1611)

Perez, Punta Sacate, Conchaguita and Mianguiri belonging to Salvador . Of these Sacate Grande is the largest, being about 7 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by 4 broad . The See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

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 (Gr. Kwvos)

cone to the height of 2500 ft . On the southern and eastern shores of the island the See also:

• LAVA

lava forms See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

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

port of See also:

• AMAPALA

Amapala (q.v.) . See also:

• FONSECA, AMAPALA
• FONSECA, MANOEL DEODORO DA (1827-1892)

Fonseca Bay was discovered in 1522 by Gil Gonzalez de See also:

• AVILA
• AVILA (anc. Abula or Avela)
• AVILA, GIL GONZALEZ DE (c. 1577-1658)

Avila, and named by him after his See also:

• PATRON

patron, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop Juan Fonseca, the implacable enemy of See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus .