Isla de Mona

Nickname: Amona
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Isla de Mona is located in Puerto Rico
Isla de Mona
Geography
Coordinates18°5′12″N 67°53′22″W / 18.08667°N 67.88944°W / 18.08667; -67.88944
Area57 km2 (22 sq mi)
Length11 km (6.8 mi)
Width7 km (4.3 mi)
Administration
United States
CommonwealthPuerto Rico
MunicipalityMayagüez
BarrioIsla de Mona e Islote Monito
Demographics
Population5 (2010)
DesignatedDecember 17, 1993
Reference no.93001398[1]
Designated1975

Mona (Spanish: Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, a strait between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the others being Monito Island and Desecheo Island. It measures about 7 miles by 4 miles (11 km by 7 km), and lies 41 mi (66 km) west of Puerto Rico, of which it is administratively a part. It is one of two islands that make up the Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio in the municipality of Mayagüez.

Picture of Mona Island between the Dominican Republic and the Puerto Rico mainland

The island is managed under the Mona and Monito Islands Nature Reserve (Reserva Natural Islas de Mona y Monito).[2] There are no native inhabitants; only rangers and biologists from the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources reside on the island, to manage visitors and take part in research projects. The island, along with Monito, form part of the Mona and Monito Islands National Natural Landmark[3] which recognizes and preserves the islands' ecosystem as an outstanding example of diversity and natural history.[4] The island is home to a number of endemic species such as the Mona ground iguana and it is an important seabird area.[5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Reserva Natural Isla de Mona" [Mona Island Nature Reserve] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  3. ^ "National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. ^ "National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. ^ "Mona Island, Puerto Rico". Island Conservation. Retrieved 2021-11-28.

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