# Portobelo, Panama · Place

> Portobelo, Panama is a port, placed to about 1 km.

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Place · port

# Portobelo, Panama

[9.5500° N, 79.6500° W]

Portobelo, Panama is a port, placed to about 1 km.

Within 800 m of Wikidata's point for the town (9.5544 N, 79.655 W).

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Placed to about 1 km

## Nearby within 500 km

[Wreck site of the San José (position secret; off Barú island)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4VY62A7DS8/wreck-site-of-the-san-jose-position-secret-off-baru-island)

shipwreck

432 km E

[Rosario Islands (Islas del Rosario)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4VY7S01JTY/rosario-islands-islas-del-rosario)

archipelago

433 km E

[Isla Barú](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4VY6A44ECR/isla-baru)

island

440 km E

[Cartagena de Indias](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4VY6HY2WZR/cartagena-de-indias)

city

462 km E

[Colombian Caribbean](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D4VY6SR07W1/colombian-caribbean)

sea area

467 km E

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Portobelo, Panama [Place PLC0D4VY79C72ZH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D4VY79C72ZH
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Key

**PLC** 0D4VY79C72ZH

Record

Place

Kind

Port

Position

9.5500° N, 79.6500° W

Precision

About 1 km

Version

3

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[ Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q797147)

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