Tiger Island

El Tigre Island
El Tigre, seen from Coyolito
Highest point
Elevation	783 m (2,569 ft)
Prominence	783 m (2,569 ft)
Coordinates	13°16′19″N 87°38′28″W / 13.272°N 87.641°W / 13.272; -87.641
Geography
Location	Honduras
Parent range	Central America Volcanic Arc
Geology
Age of rock	Holocene
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	Unknown

Isla del Tigre Lighthouse

The lighthouse in on the top of volcano
Honduras
Location	Isla del Tigre Valle Department Honduras
Coordinates	13°16′26.7″N 87°38′16.8″W / 13.274083°N 87.638000°W / 13.274083; -87.638000
Foundation	concrete basement
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Tower shape	square pyramidal skeletal tower
Markings / pattern	white and red horizontal band
Height	20 metres (66 ft)
Focal height	800 metres (2,600 ft)
Light source	solar power
Characteristic	Iso R 2s.
Admiralty number	G3363
NGA number	15393

El Tigre is an island located in the Gulf of Fonseca, a body of water on the Pacific coast of Central America. The island is a conical basaltic stratovolcano and the southernmost volcano in Honduras. It belongs to Valle department. Together with Isla Zacate Grande, Isla Comandante and a few tiny satellite islets and rocks, it forms the municipality of Amapala, with an area of 75.2 km² (29.0 sq mi) and a population of 9,687 as of the census of 2001 (of which 4 were living on Isla Comandante).

Three countries, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, have coastline along the Gulf of Fonseca, and all three have been involved in a lengthy dispute over the rights to the gulf and the islands located there within. In 1992, a chamber of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided the Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute, of which the gulf dispute was a part. The ICJ determined that El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua were to share control of the Gulf of Fonseca. El Salvador was awarded the islands of Meanguera and Meanguerita, and Honduras was awarded the island of El Tigre.