!!!Honduras: Geography ||Location|Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua ||Geographic Coordinates|15 00 N, 86 30 W[{GoogleMap location='15.0,-86.5' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''112,090 sq km\\''land: ''111,890 sq km\\''water: ''200 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 112090\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 112090\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 112090\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 112090\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 112492\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 112090''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''1,575 km\\''border countries: ''Guatemala 244 km, El Salvador 391 km, Nicaragua 940 km ||Coastline|Caribbean Sea 669 km; Gulf of Fonseca 163 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Caribbean Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m ||Highest Mountains|According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Cerro Las Minas 2870 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]:Cerro Las Minas 2870 m; Cerro El Pital 2730 m; Pico Bonito 2300 m\\__List verified partially__\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] ||Terrain|mostly mountains in interior, narrow coastal plains ||Natural Hazards|frequent, but generally mild, earthquakes; extremely susceptible to damaging hurricanes and floods along the Caribbean coast ||Natural Resource|timber, gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron ore, antimony, coal, fish, hydropower ||Land Use|''arable land: ''9.07%\\''permanent crops: ''3.91%\\''other: ''87.02% (2011) ||Climate|subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains ||Irrigated Land|878.5 sq km (2007) ||Renewable Water Resources|95.93 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|urban population expanding; deforestation results from logging and the clearing of land for agricultural purposes; further land degradation and soil erosion hastened by uncontrolled development and improper land use practices such as farming of marginal lands; mining activities polluting Lago de Yojoa (the country's largest source of fresh water), as well as several rivers and streams, with heavy metals ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements ||Large Cities|Tegucigalpa; San Pedro Sula; Choloma; La Ceiba; El Progreso\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Honduras/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast