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This map is part of a collection of 216 free country maps, created by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to be used in print, web or broadcast products. The ReliefWeb Location Maps released here are maps that highlight a country, its capital, major populated places and the surrounding regions.
This is a list of massifs and mountain ranges in Puerto Rico listed alphabetically, and associated landforms. [1] Cerros de San Francisco (San Francisco Hills) Cerros de Santini (Santini Hills) Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico Central mountain range) Cordillera Jaicoa; Cordillera de Sabana Alta; El Carso Norteño (Puerto Rico Northern karst region)
Monte Pirata (Spanish for "pirate mountain"), at 960 feet (290 m) of elevation, is the highest mountain in the island of Vieques. [1] The mountain is located in the western portion of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge and it is the site of an old US Navy communications site, now operated by the Department of Homeland Security]. [2]
Topographic map of Puerto Rico, 1952. Puerto Rico is mostly mountainous with large coastal areas in the north and south. The main mountain range is called Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range). The highest elevation in Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta at 4,393 feet (1,339 m), [22] is located in this range.
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Topographic map of Puerto Rico showing the Sierra de Cayey in the southeast. The Rio Grande de Loíza, which is one of the largest rivers in Puerto Rico, has its sources in this range within the municipality of San Lorenzo. The La Plata River flows through the Cayey Valley where the town of Cayey is located on the northern slope of the range.
Topographic map of Puerto Rico showing the Cordillera Central and its two major subranges. The Puerto Rico Central Mountain Range or Cordillera Central is considered the largest of the three geographical and physiographic provinces of the island, along with the Karst regions and the coastal plains. [2]
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] The first table below ranks the 20 highest major summits of the Caribbean by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.