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Laughing Bird Caye is a long island that sits on an unusually long narrow ridge of reef called a faro. A faro is an angular atoll on a continental shelf, which is also called a shelf atoll. Similar to other atolls, a faro has a steep drop off and has a central lagoon enclosed in the reef. This
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Laughing Bird Faro is separated from the mainland and the barrier reef by deep channels all around. The faro extends for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of the Caye.
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Laughing Bird Caye is an island located 12 miles (19 km) off the coast of
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