The Swan Islands Dispute
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14830565 |
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| Authors | Tom Wells (0000-0002-4664-7868, corresponding author), Tom Henderson Wells |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-68 |
| Publication date | 1964-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Inter-American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-3118 • E-ISSN: 2326-4047 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/164929 |
| OpenAlex | W2783375773 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Few Americans realize that the United States is involved in a longstanding and friendly but apparently unresolvable controversy with Honduras over three tiny islands ninety-six miles off the coast of that country. This group, known collectively as the Swan Islands, consists of Great Swan Island, one and two-thirds miles long and a half-mile wide; Little Swan Island, a mile and a half long and a half-mile wide; and Booby Cay, a neighboring reef. Great Swan Island rises to a height of sixty feet on the south side and has plantings of the beautiful coconut palms which give such islands a lovely, romantic appearance. The smaller island is closely matted with vegetation
Archaeology · Geography · Mile · Reef · Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean · Geology · Oceanography
| Highly cited | No |
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