Caja de Muertos Island
Caja de Muertos is an uninhabited island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico, in the municipality of Ponce. The island and its surrounding waters are protected by the Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve, because of its native turtle traffic and ecological value of its dry forests and reefs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: uninhabited island in Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “4 offin Island”, “Caja de Muertos”, “Casa de Maertos”, “Casa de Muertos”, “Caso de Muertas”, “Caso de Muertos”, “Caso1954 Muertos”, “Caxa de Muerte”, “Caxa de Muertos”, “Coffin Island”, “Deadmans Chest”, “Isla Caja de Muertos”, “Islas Muertos”, “Islote Caja de Muerto”, “Muertos”, “Muertos Island”, and “Reserva Natural Isla Caja de Muertos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Isla Caja de Muertos Lighthouse and Morrillito.
Isla Caja de Muertos Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Caja de Muertos Light, is an 1887 lighthouse in Ponce, Puerto Rico, that is unique amongst all other lighthouses in Puerto Rico for its unusual Cross of Lorraine, double-arm, T-type shape structure.
Morrillito
Islet
Photo: Tito Caraballo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morrillito is a small uninhabited island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The island is protected by the Reserva Natural Caja de Muertos natural reserve because of its native turtle traffic.
Caja de Muertos Island
- Categories: nature reserve, recreation area, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Ponce, Porta Caribe, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
17.89296° or 17° 53′ 35″ northLongitude
-66.51968° or 66° 31′ 11″ westElevation
46 metres (151 feet)Open location code
779MVFVJ+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 44106736OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Caja de Muertos Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Caja de Muertos”
- Cebuano: “Isla Caja de Muertos”
- Dutch: “Caja de Muertos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاچا د مويرتوس”
- Esperanto: “Caja de Muertos”
- French: “Caja de Muertos”
- German: “Caja de Muertos”
- Greek: “Νήσος Κάχα δε Μουέρτος”
- Italian: “Caja de Muertos”
- Persian: “جزیره کافین”
- Portuguese: “Caja de Muertos”
- Spanish: “Caja de Muertos (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Caja de Muertos”
- Spanish: “Isla Caja de Muertos (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Isla Caja de Muertos”
- Spanish: “Isla de Caja de Muertos (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Isla de Caja de Muertos”
- Swahili: “Caja de Muertos”
- Urdu: “سیخا دے مویرتوس”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Manzanilla and Tiburones.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Playa Pelícano and Cerro Morrillo.
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