Conejo Island, in Spanish Isla Conejo, meaning "rabbit island", is a tiny island off the coast of El Salvador in the Gulf of Fonseca.
In 1992, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on the delimitation of bolsones (disputed areas) along the El Salvador–Honduras boundary, but despite OAS intervention and a further ICJ ruling in 2003, full demarcation of the border remains stalled; the 1992 ICJ ruling advised a tripartite resolution to a maritime boundary in the Gulf of Fonseca advocating Honduran access to the Pacific; El Salvador and Honduras both claim tiny Conejo Island, not identified in the ICJ decision.
The small island is considered by the Lenca natives from eastern El Salvador as theirs. In their folklore, the Lenca people say that the first people were made with the aid of six animals, including the rabbit. The islands in the gulf still bear the name of some totemic animals of the Lencas of Managuara.[1] [2] [3]