Where the Heck is Belize?

I bought a bumper sticker in Belize last year that says this, except it doesn’t say “heck!”  A lot of people know nothing about Belize, and it’s actually a newer country because it was originally a British Colony as a part of the British Honduras.  The map on seaturtle.org is confusing without knowing some Belizean geography!

Belize itself is nestled next to Guatemala, with Mexico bordering the North and the Caribbean Sea bordering the East. Moochula has been traveling around South of Belize City, which is that little peninsula hanging out at the very top of the map. At the very bottom of the map, on the coast, would be the big town of Dangriga. The landlocked water that you see are the Northern, Western, & Southern Lagoons (from top to bottom). Gales Point, our headquarters, is a peninsula protruding in the South of Southern Lagoon, but it isn’t shown in this map. As of yesterday, Moochula was plotted near an island called Horseshoe Caye (which is up for sale if you’re in the market). Where will she go next?

Check out Belize on Google Maps for a better idea of Moochula’s home!