title: Chetumal Bay
text: # Chetumal Bay
  
  18°20′0″N 88°5′0″W﻿ / ﻿18.33333°N 88.08333°W﻿ / 18.33333; -88.08333
  
  Chetumal Bay is a large bay of the western Caribbean Sea on the southern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
  
  It is located in northern Belize and southeastern Mexico.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The mouth of Chetumal Bay is directed southward and buffered by the large Belizean island of Ambergris Caye.
  
  Corozal Bay is a smaller inland inlet, that extends to the southwest in the upper region of Chetumal Bay. It is named after the town of Corozal on it.
  
  Chetumal is a major city on the bay, located in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
  
  