Copper Bank is a fishing village in the Corozal District

Corozal District

Corozal District is the northernmost district of the nation of Belize. The population was 33,335 as of 2000. The district capital is Corozal Town.-The Villages of Corozal District:...

 of Belize

Belize

Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...

. It is situated on the west bank of Laguna Seca, a shallow lagoon that empties into Chetumal Bay

Chetumal Bay

Chetumal Bay is a large bay in northern Belize and eastern Mexico in the south of the Yucatán Peninsula. On the bay is the major city of Chetumal, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. The mouth of the bay is redirected southward and buffered by a large Belizean island named Ambergris Caye. The...

 just north-east of the village. The closest settlement is Chunox

Chunox

Chunox is an isolated village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize.Chunox is located at 18N, 88W, at an altitude of 3 meters above sea level. The village of Chunox is located on the east bank of Laguna Seca towards the south end of the lagoon....

, located approximately 1.25 miles away on the east bank of the Laguna Seca.

Access to the village is possible by road from Orange Walk

Orange Walk Town

Orange Walk Town is the second largest town in the nation of Belize, with a population of about 13,400 . It is the capital of the Orange Walk District...

, via the villages of San Estevan

San Estevan, Belize

San Estevan was the first town in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize but later became a village due to migration of villagers to other parts of the country during a great epedimic. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,847 people...

 and Progresso

Progresso, Belize

Progresso is a village in the Corozal District of the nation of Belize, with a population of 1,165 according to the 2000 census....

. It is also possible to reach the village by road from Corozal

Corozal Town

Corozal Town is a town in the nation of Belize, capital of Corozal District. Corozal Town is located about 84 miles north of Belize City, and 9 miles from the border with Mexico. The population of Corozal Town, according to the main results of the 2010 census, it is 9,871...

, crossing the New River

New River (Belize)

The New River, also Rio Nuevo, is a river in northern Belize. As the longest river that is entirely confined to Belize, it drains primarily the eastern part of the Orange Walk District during its north-northeasterly course and empties into the Chetumal Bay...

 via the Pueblo Nuevo ferry, and from the isolated community of Sarteneja

Sarteneja

Sarteneja is a fishing village in the Corozal District of Belize. It is located on the Shipstern Peninsula, approximately forty miles by road from Orange Walk Town and is near the privately owned Shipstern Nature Reserve...

, via a ferry across the mouth of Laguna Seca.

The village has been suggested as the site of a lost Maya

Maya civilization

The Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems. Initially established during the Pre-Classic period The Maya is a Mesoamerican...

n town, Uatibal, and several artifacts have been found in the vicinity.