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Sombrero, also known as Hat Island, is part of the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla and is the northernmost island of the Lesser Antilles. [ a ] It lies 54 km (34 mi) north-west of Anguilla across the Dog and Prickly Pear Passage.
Sombrero Lighthouse is a lighthouse that marks the Anegada Passage, which is the route from Europe into the Caribbean. The lighthouse is located near the centre of Sombrero island, and reaches a height of almost 51 metres (167 ft) above sea level.
Consisting of the archipelagos of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, it is bounded to the north by the Puerto Rico Trench, to the south by the Muertos Trough, to the east by the Virgin Island Basin, Anegada Gap, and Sombrero Basin in the Anegada Passage, and to west by the Yuma Basin and Mona Canyon in the Mona Passage.
The multiple fault lines, ridges, and basins, including the Virgin Islands Basin, Anegada Gap, and Sombrero Basin, that form part of the general trough stretching from the southeastern Puerto Rican mainland in the Caribbean Sea to the northeastern British Virgin Island of Anegada in the North Atlantic Ocean are often collectively grouped under the name of Anegada Passage or Trough.
Sombrero Island may refer to one of several islands: Sombrero, Anguilla, in the Caribbean; Islands in the Philippines. Sombrero Island (Batangas) ...
Geologically, the Lesser Antilles island arc stretches from Grenada in the south to Anguilla in the north. The Virgin Islands and Sombrero Island are geologically part of the Greater Antilles, while Trinidad is part of South America and Tobago is the remainder of a separate island arc. The Leeward Antilles are also a separate island arc, which ...
Location: Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, east of Puerto Rico. Geographic coordinates: 18°15′ N, 63°10′ W Map references: Central America and the Caribbean. Area: total: 91 km 2 (35 sq mi) land: 91 km 2 (35 sq mi) water: 0 km 2 (0 sq mi) Area – comparative: about half the size of Washington, D.C. Coastline: 61 km Maritime claims:
Anguilla is a flat, low-lying island of coral and limestone in the Caribbean Sea, measuring some 16 miles (26 km) long and 3.5 miles (6 km) in width. [7] It lies to the east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin , separated from that island by the Anguilla Channel .