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Satellite radar topography image of a portion of Central America. Due to persistent cloud cover, obtaining conventional high-altitude photos of this region is extrordinarily difficult. Radar's ability to penetrate clouds and make 3-D measurements allowed scientists to generate the first complete high-resolution topographic map of the entire region. All of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, and Honduras are visible on this image, as well as a considerable portion of southern Mexico (the Yucatan Peninsula). Image courtesy of NASA/JPL/NGA.
Entrance way with carvings at a Maya archaeological site at Copán in western Honduras. The site functioned as the political, civil and religious center of the Copán Valley and was composed of a main complex with several secondary complexes. Copán was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
The Roman Catholic Church of Santa María de los Dolores (Saint Mary of the Sorrows) in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras, was built between 1732 and 1815 in the American Baroque (Colonial Baroque) style.
The Christ at "El Picacho" is a monument on the hill El Picacho in the north area of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. The sculpture weighs 2,500 tons and is 30 m (98 ft) high; it was completed in 1998 in time for the 2000 Jubilee Year. The monument can be seen from most places in Tegucigalpa.
Tegucigalpa, the capital and largest city of Honduras, is situated in a valley and surrounded by fairly imposing mountains. Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela, its sister city, are physically separated by the Choluteca River.
Roatán is an island in the Caribbean, about 65 km (40 mi) off the northern coast of Honduras. The largest of the Bay Islands, it is approximately 77 km (48 mi) long and less than 8 km (5 mi) wide. The island rests on an exposed ancient coral reef, offering opportunities for diving. Located near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea, Roatán has become an important tourism destination in Honduras.
Shoreline view on Utila, the third largest of the Bay Islands (Islas de la Bahia).
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