Codrington Lagoon

Codrington Lagoon
Codrington Lagoon on the west of Barbuda
Codrington Lagoon
LocationBarbuda, Antigua and Barbuda
Coordinates17°39′N 61°50′W / 17.650°N 61.833°W / 17.650; -61.833
Typelagoon
SettlementsCodrington
Official nameCodrington Lagoon
Designated2 June 2005
Reference no.1488

Codrington Lagoon is a lagoon on the west coast of Barbuda, an island in the Caribbean. The lagoon measures 9 km long and 2.5 km wide, taking up a large portion of the island. Its water is shallow (between 1–4.5 m deep), and much of the shore of the northern half of the lagoon is marshland. The village of Codrington, the main settlement on the island, is located on the eastern shore of the lagoon.

Prior to 2017, the lagoon's only connection to the Caribbean Sea was a small channel at the northern tip of the lagoon, called Cuffy Creek (locally "the creek"). In 2017, Hurricane Irma destroyed a portion of the western edge of the lagoon and two inlets developed, providing additional access to the lagoon from the sea.