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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), [24] is located in this range.
The Icacos Petroglyph Group (Spanish: Grupo de Petroglifos de Icacos), also known as the Río Blanco Petroglyphs (Petroglifos de Río Blanco), is an ensemble of indigenous petroglyphs that can be found on four large boulders located at the confluence of the Icacos and Cubuy rivers, within the El Toro Wilderness section of El Yunque National Forest.
Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve consists mainly of a large peninsula located in the north-westernmost corner of Puerto Rico and its surrounding bodies of water. The reserve is connected to the west to Seven Seas State Park (Parque Nacional Seven Seas) and the Northeast Ecological Corridor, and by sea in the east to La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve, a large protected marine area consisting ...
Map of Puerto Rico from 1952. In 1898, ... It was established by Bishop Alonso Manso in 1513, in the area where the Cathedral of San Juan was to be constructed.
The total land area is 0.069 sq mi (44 acres; 0.18 km 2) (Block 1069, Block Group 1, Census tract 9611, Guánica Municipio, Puerto Rico). The area is good for snorkeling and can be reached by kayak. [ 1 ]
Before its preservation, Icacos cay was important for the extraction of limestone for use in the sugarcane industry and construction in Puerto Rico. The conservation area that today encompasses the Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve was first designated on January 2, 1980, by the Coastal Zone Management Plan (Spanish: Plan de Manejo de la Zona Costanera) with the goal of preserving the coral reefs ...
Magnolia portoricensis is a fairly large evergreen tree that can grow as tall as 25 m. In Puerto Rico it can be found specifically in state forests of the central region such as Carite, Toro Negro, Guilarte West and Maricao, and in higher elevation areas like Ciales, Jayuya and Adjuntas..
The San Juan–Bayamón–Caguas metropolitan area, most commonly known as the San Juan metropolitan area (Spanish: área metropolitana de San Juan), is the largest and most populous metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in Puerto Rico, concentrated in the capital municipality of San Juan and surrounding municipalities, including Bayamón, Caguas, and Carolina, on the northeastern coastal plain ...