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This is a list of islands of Puerto Rico. The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has over 143 islands, keys , islets , and atolls . Only the main island of Puerto Rico (3,424 sq mi [8,868 km2]), and the islands of Vieques (51 sq mi [130 km 2 ]), and Culebra (10 sq mi [26 km 2 ]) are inhabited.
Mona Island (Spanish: Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, the strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, with the others being Monito Island and Desecheo Island. It measures about 7 miles by 4 miles ...
Mona and Monito as seen from the International Space Station. Mona is the third largest island in the archipelago of Puerto Rico and the largest in the Mona Passage. It has an area of 22 square miles (57 km 2) and is located 41 miles (66 km) from the main island of Puerto Rico, and 38 miles (61 km) east of the Dominican Republic.
British Virgin Islands: 118 Union Island: 8 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 119 Solarte Island: 8 3 Panama: 120 Isleta de San Juan: 7.8 3 Puerto Rico: 121 Salt Cay: 6.74 2.60 Turks and Caicos Islands: 122 Klein Bonaire: 6 2.3 Caribbean Netherlands: 123 Mustique: 5.7 2.2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 124 Navassa Island: 5.2 2
The largest islands include Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Some of the smaller islands are referred to as a rock or reef. Islands are listed in alphabetical order by sovereign state. Islands with coordinates can be seen on the map linked to the right.
Geologically separated from the Greater Antilles island of Hispaniola by the Mona Passage and from the Lesser Antilles island arc by the Anegada Passage, the main island of Puerto Rico, the Spanish Virgin Islands of Vieques and Culebra, the British Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands except for the southernmost island of Saint Croix all lie on the same carbonate platform and insular ...
Icacos Cay (Spanish: Cayo Icacos) is the largest uninhabited cay forming part of a small chain of cays, reefs, and islets located off the coast of the barrio of Cabezas in the municipality of Fajardo in northeastern Puerto Rico. Along with Palominos island, it is part of the La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve and under the jurisdiction of the ...
Cayo Norte, formerly West Key [1] or North East Key is the largest privately owned island in Puerto Rico and is currently the property of Google co-founder Larry Page [2] via SVI Investments, Inc. [3] The island is located about 0.6 nautical mile (1.0 km) northeast of Culebra Island. [4]