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Caja de Muertos, with an area of 0.59 sq mi (1.54 km 2 ), is the largest island in the nature reserve. It is part of the Playa barrio of the municipality of Ponce. The island of Caja de Muertos is the main geographical feature of the reserve; it is located 4.8 nautical miles south of the coast of Puerto Rico.
Caja de Muertos (lit. 'Chest of the Dead'; [1][2][3] also in English: Deadman's Chest or Coffin Island) is an uninhabited island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico, in the municipality of Ponce. The island and its surrounding waters are protected by the Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve, because of its native turtle traffic and ecological value ...
October 22, 1981. Caja de Muertos Light, ( Faro de la Isla de Caja de Muertos) is an 1887 lighthouse in Ponce, Puerto Rico, that is unique amongst all other lighthouses in Puerto Rico for its unusual Cross of Lorraine, double-arm, T-type shape structure. [ 3] The historic lighthouse is located in Caja de Muertos, an uninhabited island off the ...
Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos. Filiberto Ojeda Ríos (April 26, 1933 – September 23, 2005) was a Puerto Rican independence activist who cofounded the Boricua Popular Army, also known as Los Macheteros, and its predecessor, the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN). [1][2][3][4][5] In 1990, Ojeda Ríos became a fugitive of the ...
The following list is a list of massacres that have occurred in Puerto Rico: Name. Date. Location. Deaths. Notes. Río Piedras massacre. 1935-10-24. Río Piedras.
Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. Las Piedras (Spanish pronunciation: [las ˈpjeðɾas]), is a town and municipality in east Puerto Rico located in the central eastern region of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Canóvanas and Río Grande; east of Juncos and San Lorenzo; and west of Naguabo and Humacao. Las Piedras is spread over 7 barrios and Las ...
Los anfibios y reptiles de Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico: University of Puerto Rico Press. ISBN 978-0-8477-0243-5. Rios López, Neftalí (10 April 2003). "The Herpetofauna of Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico". Naval Security Group Activity Sabana Seca. Archived from the original on March 18, 2005; Perez i Gorgoy, Lluis (2000).