Sontecomapan Lagoon (Laguna Sontecomapan also Laguna de Sontecomapan) occupies an alluvial plain in the center of the Sierra de Los Tuxtlas, , in southeast central Veracruz, east central Mexico on the edge of the Gulf of Mexico. The laguna is part of the Catemaco municipio stretching from the Gulf of Mexico to the foothills of the San Martin Tuxtla Volcano and the Sierra Santa Marta.

Tourism is concentrated on sightseeing the environmentally threatened mangroves of the laguna by rental lancha (boat) from the embarcadero (dock) in the village of Sontecomapan, watching kids dive at the shallow spring Poza de los Enanos and visiting the beaches of La Barra and Jicacal.

Sontecomapan Lagoon

In 2004 Laguna Sontecomapan was designated as a Ramsar site.

Sontecomapan Lagoon

References

Laguna Sontecomapan Guide

wetlands.org: Laguna Sontecomapan

Landforms of Veracruz

Sontecomapan

Ramsar sites in Mexico

Gulf Coast of Mexico

Los Tuxtlas

Tourist attractions in Veracruz

Sontecomapan Lagoon