Patos Island (Spanish: Isla de Patos, Duck Island) is a small uninhabited island in the northwestern Gulf of Paria. The island is a part of the Dependencias Federales (Federal Dependencies) of Venezuela.

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Patos Island
Isla de Patos

Patos Island, as seen from the north-east
Patos Island Isla de Patos
Geography
Total islands	1
Administration
Venezuela
Status	Federal Dependency
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited (2015)

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Patos Island is located about 540 kilometres (340 mi) northeast of Caracas in the Golfo de Paria (Gulf of Paria). The coordinates are 10°38′18″N 61°51′50″W. It lies in the Boca Grande strait of the Bocas del Dragón (Dragon's Mouth), approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the Paria Peninsula of mainland Venezuela and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) west-south-west of Chacachacare, which is part of Trinidad and Tobago.

The uninhabited island has an area of only 0.65 square kilometres (0.25 sq mi)^[1] with a length of 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) and 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) wide with the highest point reaching about 100 metres (330 ft).^[2][3][4]

Patos Island was part of the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago.^[5] On 26 February 1942, the island became part of Venezuela in exchange for Soldado Rock to Trinidad and Tobago^[6] and was put under the administration of the Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia (Ministry of Interior and Justice)^[1] as part of the Dependencias Federales.

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