Limon Bay

Limón Bay opens on the Caribbean coast of the Panamanian isthmus, west of Portobelo. The nearby Chagres River offered a route inland across the isthmus during Spanish rule, while Portobelo served as a harbour for the fleets that exchanged European goods for American silver. Fortifications guarded these coastal approaches. The bay belongs to a shore where rivers and mountain routes linked the Caribbean with the Pacific side of Panama.