Patos Island (Spanish: Isla de Patos, Duck Island) is a small uninhabited island in the northwestern Gulf of Paria. The island is a part of the Dependencias Federales (Federal Dependencies) of Venezuela.
Patos Island, as seen from the north-east
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Patos Island
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| Geography | |
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| Total islands | 1 |
| Administration | |
Venezuela | |
| Status | Federal Dependency |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited (2015) |
Patos Island is located about 540 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria). The coordinates are 10°38′18″N 61°51′50″W / 10.63833°N 61.86389°W / 10.63833; -61.86389. It lies in the Boca Grande strait of the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouth), approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the Paria Peninsula of mainland Venezuela and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west-south-west of Chacachacare, which is part of Trinidad and Tobago.
The uninhabited island has an area of only 0.65 square kilometres (0.25 sq mi)[1] with a length of 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) and 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) wide with the highest point reaching about 100 metres (330 ft).[2][3][4]
| Anglo-Venezuelan Treaty (Island of Patos) Act 1942 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to approve a Treaty signed on behalf of His Majesty and on behalf of the President of the United States of Venezuela relating to the Island of Patos. |
| Citation | 5 & 6 Geo. 6. c. 17 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 May 1942 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 |
Status: Repealed | |
Patos Island was part of the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago.[5] On 26 February 1942, the island became part of Venezuela in exchange for Soldado Rock to Trinidad and Tobago[6] and was put under the administration of the Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia (Ministry of Interior and Justice)[1] as part of the Dependencias Federales.
10°38′18″N 61°51′50″W / 10.63833°N 61.86389°W / 10.63833; -61.86389
