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    Desecheo Island

    Isla Desecheo, Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge

    18°23′N 67°29′W

    Desecheo (Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo] DES-ə-CHAY-oh) 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.

    Desecheo Island. View of Desecheo Island from Rincon Lighthouse, Rincon.
    Desecheo Island. View of Desecheo Island from Rincon Lighthouse, Rincon.

    Stacy Hall / Public domain

    Terrain

    18°23′N 67°29′W

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    Overview

    Desecheo (Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo] DES-ə-CHAY-oh) 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. It has a land area of 0.589 sq mi (377 acres; 153 ha; 1.53 km2). Politically, the island is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, but part of the Sabanetas barrio of Mayagüez.

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia