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Satellite image Desecheo from Rincón. Desecheo (Spanish: Isla Desecheo) (Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo]) is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 13 mi (21 km) from the municipality of Rincón on the west coast (Punta Higüero) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi (50 km) northeast of Mona Island.
The island of Desecheo is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Puerto Rico and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the north and the Caribbean Sea on the south. The refuge encompasses the entire rugged island.
Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Complex is an administrative unit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service which oversees National Wildlife Refuges in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Navassa Island of the U.S. Minor Outlying Islands. The NWR complex also reintroduces the critically endangered Puerto Rican parrot into the ...
Although Puerto Rico has no natural units in the National Park System, the biodiversity of the island is recognized and protected through a national forest, a national wildlife refuge, a national wilderness, and numerous state parks (called national parks in Puerto Rico [1]), nature reserves, state forests, wildlife preserves and other ...
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 ...
It is known for its shallow turquoise waters, white sand, swimming areas, and diving sites. It stretches for a mile around a sheltered, horseshoe-shaped bay. Playa Flamenco is a popular beach destination for both Culebra and Puerto Rico. In March 2014, Flamenco Beach was ranked 3rd best beach in the world with a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Award.
Mark Wahlberg’s teenage daughter introduced the newest member of the famous family over the weekend.. Grace Wahlberg took to Instagram on Saturday, Feb. 1, to welcome an attention-grabbing ...
Crash Boat Beach is halfway between the former Ramey Air Force Base (today's Aguadilla Airport) and Aguadilla and still retains some remains of its pier infrastructure from when it was used to support Ramey Air Force Base. [1]