Official Name: | Santa Catalina Island |
Native Name: | Isla Santa Catalina |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia Isla de Providencia#Colombia#Caribbean |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
Coordinates: | 13.3883°N -81.3736°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina |
Santa Catalina Island is a small Colombian island in the Caribbean Sea. It belongs to the San Andrés y Providencia Department of Colombia and is the northernmost island in South America. The island has two bays: Old John Bay and Eliza Bay.
It is connected by a 100m (300feet) footbridge to its larger sister Providencia Island, to the south.
It has a dry climate with two annual rain periods.