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Caja de Muertos Lighthouse in 1898.. The name Caja de Muertos (coffin) literally translates "dead man's chest" from Spanish. The name most likely comes from the original French name for the island, Coffre à Mort, first given by 18th century French writer and explorer Jean Baptist Labat due to the island's shape. [2]
It is believed the island is only some 4,000 years old, and stone art left on the island attests it has been visited by man over milennnia. [6] Taíno natives made frequent trips to the island on fishing expeditions, and when they were defeated by the Spanish during the 1511 battle of Spanish–Taíno War for Borikén, the natives attempted a retreat to the Caja de Muertos but shortly ...
The beach and Los Muertos Pier, which serves as a base for water taxis to Yelapa.. The beach has Los Muertos Pier. [2] Restaurants along the beach include The Blue Shrimp, El Dorado, and La Palapa.
Engle Lake, originally named Laguna del Muerto (Lake of the Deadman) by the Spanish, is a seasonal lake in the Jornada del Muerto region in Sierra County, New Mexico. It lies at an elevation or 4,715 feet (1,437 m) in the depression in the Jornada Del Muerto basin. [1]: 155–157 [2]
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Salar del Hombre Muerto (transl. Salt Pan of the Dead Man) is a salt pan in Argentina, in the Antofagasta de la Sierra Department [2] on the border between the Salta and Catamarca Provinces. [3] It covers an area of 600 square kilometres (230 sq mi) and is in part covered by debris.
A man has been charged with jumping over an outter wall at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida this week.. Bijan Arceo, 32, was charged with trespassing with the intent to commit ...
Qumran (Hebrew: קומראן; Arabic: خربة قمران Khirbet Qumran) is an archaeological site in the West Bank managed by Israel's Qumran National Park. [1] It is located on a dry marl plateau about 1.5 km (1 mi) from the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, about 10 km (6 mi) south of the historic city of Jericho, and adjacent to the modern Israeli settlement and kibbutz of Kalya.