Desecheo Island
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Desecheo Island

Islands information
NameDesecheo
Geography information
Area1.524613 km2 (0.6 sqmi)
Length1.8 km (1.1 mi)
Width1.1 km (0.7 mi)
Elevation218 m (715.2 ft)
Highest pointSego Can Ridge
Administration information
United States
CommonwealthPuerto Rico
MunicipioMayagüez
BarrioSabanetas
Administration information
Population0
Density0 km2

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Desecheo (-esdeseˈtʃeo) is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 21 km from the west coast (Punta Higüero) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 50 km northeast of Mona Island. It has a land area of 1.5 km2 (exactly 1,524,613 m2, or 0.589 sq mi, or 376.74 acres). Politically, the island is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It was discovered by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage to the New World, however it was not named until 1517 by Spanish explorer Nuñez Alvarez de Aragón.

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State capital: San Juan
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IslandsPuerto Rico * Vieques * Culebra * Caja de Muertos * Desecheo * Mona * Monito * Isleta de San Juan



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