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English: Location of Puerto Rico in North America. Date: 26 March 2011: ... This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme.
Puerto Rico has a total of 30 airports (3 of which are international), including one in each of the smaller islands of Vieques and Culebra.The largest airport in terms of passenger traffic is Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, and consists of two runways and three concourses.
Desecheo Island sits on the Desecheo ridge, a narrow east-west ridge that extends west from the northwest corner of Puerto Rico. The ridge forms the southern boundary of the 4-kilometer-deep (2.5 mi) Mona Canyon, which extends toward the north into the Puerto Rico Trench. The east face of the rift has a sharp relief of 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) and ...
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Its sole vessel, Caribbean Express (1976/ 18,888 gt) was scrapped at Alang in late 2010. Since March 2011, ferry service to the Dominican Republic has been offered by America Cruise Ferries. [4] During the Winter 2010/2011 cruise season, the port was visited periodically by ships of the Holland America Line, including the MS Prinsendam.
Ferry trip from Fajardo to Vieques, Puerto Rico. The Vieques Ferry or Lancha de Vieques, is a ferry system that carries passengers and cargo from Ceiba, Puerto Rico to Vieques, Puerto Rico and vice versa, both complementing and competing with commercial air service available from San Juan, Puerto Rico to the island of Vieques.
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Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist, while the capital city was named Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). [21] Eventually traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main trading/shipping port and the capital ...