Desecheo Island
Desecheo (Spanish: Isla Desecheo) (Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo]) is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 13 mi (21 km) from Rincón on the west coast (Punta Higüero) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi (50 km) northeast of Mona Island. It has a land area of 0.589 sq mi (377 acres; 153 ha; 1.53 km2). Politically, the island is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, but part of the Sabanetas barrio of Mayagüez.
Isla Desecheo, oblique aerial photograph | |
Desecheo Desecheo Desecheo | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 18°23′14″N 67°28′19″W |
| Area | 1.524613 km2 (0.588656 sq mi) |
| Length | 1.8 km (1.12 mi) |
| Width | 1.1 km (0.68 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
| Highest point | Sego Can Ridge |
| Administration | |
United States Puerto Rico | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipio | Mayagüez |
| Barrio | Sabanetas |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.