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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 ...
Windward Passage (French: Passage au Vent; Spanish: Paso de los Vientos) is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola.The strait specifically lies between the easternmost region of Cuba and the northwest of Haiti.
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public university in Lee County, Florida, near Fort Myers. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is its second-youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
Alico Road, also designated as County Road 840 (CR 840), is an east–west thoroughfare in Lee County, Florida, just north of San Carlos Park. It is a major commuter route and provides access to Florida Gulf Coast University and Southwest Florida International Airport.
This list of universities and colleges in Puerto Rico includes colleges and universities in Puerto Rico that grant bachelor's degrees and/or post-graduate master's and doctorate degrees. The list does not include community colleges (alternatively called junior colleges ) that grant two-year associate's degrees .
Florida State University University of Florida Florida Polytechnic University. The State University System of Florida comprises twelve member universities. Florida A&M University (Tallahassee) Florida Atlantic University ; Florida Gulf Coast University ; Florida International University ; Florida Polytechnic University
The greatest distance on a great-circle route is entirely within the contiguous U.S. is 2,802 miles (4,509 km), coast-to-coast between Florida and the Washington state; [7] the greatest north–south line is 1,650 miles (2,660 km). [8] The contiguous United States occupies an area of 3,119,884.69 square miles (8,080,464.3 km 2).
Florida is the second smallest municipality of Puerto Rico, with an area of 10 square miles. As the only municipality in Puerto Rico that has its urban area within the northern karst region (sometimes referred as the Northern Karst Hills), it is surrounded by low elevation, red clay and limestone haystack hills known in Caribbean Spanish as mogotes.