- Laguna Sontecomapan
Laguna Sontecomapan (Sontecomapan
lagoon , also "Laguna de Sontecomapan") occupies analluvial plain in the center of theSierra de Los Tuxtlas , coord|18|33|N|95|1|W, in southeast centralVeracruz , east centralMexico on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. The laguna is part of theCatemaco "municipio " stretching from theGulf of Mexico to the foothills of the San Martin Tuxtla Volcano and the Sierra Santa Marta.Tourism is concentrated on sightseeing the environmentally threatened mangroves of the laguna by rental "lancha" (boat) from the "embarcadero" (dock) in the village of
Sontecomapan , watching kids dive at the shallow spring "Poza de los Enanos" and visiting the beaches of La Barra and Jicacal.In 2004 RAMSAR (International Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran 1971) added Laguna Sontecomapan to its list.
References
* [http://www.catemaco.info/area/laguna_sontecomapan.html catemaco.info: Laguna Sontecomapan]
* [http://www.wetlands.org/reports/dbdirectory.cfm?site_id=1346 wetlands.org: Laguna Sontecomapan]
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