Coiba
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It could end up like the Panamanian island prison colony Coiba, closed in 2004, that is being reclaimed by the jungle.
From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2022
Since then those countries have created marine reserves around the Galapagos, Malpelo, Cocos and Coiba islands, which have very small human populations but are home to hundreds of marine and bird species.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2021
Two new Pacific island resorts are expanding Panama’s west coast appeal, not far from the marine preserve around Isla Coiba.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2019
That always seemed strange, Barrett said, because the Cebus monkeys of Coiba National Park — an archipelago of more than 100 islands on Panama's Pacific coast — seemed like great candidates for new tool users.
From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2018
“I’d rather we were off Coiba; or on shore wherever the ruffians have landed.”
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne
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