The Caratasca Lagoon (Spanish: Laguna de Caratasca) is a large lagoon in the department of Gracias a Dios in northeastern Honduras.
Puerto Lempira, the capital of the department, lies on its shores.
The lagoon covers 1,110 km2 (430 sq mi)[1] and extends approximately 25 miles inland from the Caribbean Sea, and is fed by rivers including the Mocorón, Warunta, and Nakunta.
Its western shore is protected as part of a biological reserve.
[3][4] The Caratasca Lagoon was the site of the landfall of Hurricane Mitch in 1998 which caused much ecological damage.