Isla Cardona

Isla Cardona, also known as Sor Isolina Ferré Island, is a small, uninhabited island located 1.30 nautical miles south of the mainland Puerto Rican shore across from Barrio Playa, on the west side of the entrance to the harbor of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

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Type: Islet
Description: island in Puerto Rico
Also known as: “Cardona Island”, “Cardona Shoal”, “Isla de Cardona”, “Islote de Cardona”, and “Sor Isolina Ferré Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cardona’s Island Lighthouse and United States Customs House.

Cardona’s Island Lighthouse

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Cardona Island Light is the only 6th order lighthouse in Puerto Rico with a cylindrical attached tower. The light is located on Cardona Island, a small island on the west side of the entrance to the harbor of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

United States Customs House

Police station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The U.S. Customs House, located at Bonaire and Aduana streets in barrio La Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico, is the oldest customs house in Puerto Rico, and the only one of its type under the U.S. flag. United States Customs House is situated 3 km northeast of Isla Cardona.

Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas

Photo: Mtmelendez, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas —Spanish: Puerto de las Américas Rafael Cordero Santiago — is a megaport currently under construction in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Rafael Cordero Santiago Port of the Americas is situated 2½ km northeast of Isla Cardona.

Isla Cardona

Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Playa, Ponce, Porta Caribe, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.95699° or 17° 57′ 25″ north

Longitude

-66.63504° or 66° 38′ 6″ west

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

779MX947+QX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 432821272

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4563224

Wikidata ID

Q3816148

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Satellite Map

Discover Isla Cardona from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Isla Cardona” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Cardona”
Catalan: “Illa Cardona”
Catalan: “Illa de Cardona”
Cebuano: “Isla de Cardona”
Dutch: “Cardona”
French: “Isla Cardona”
Spanish: “Cayo Cardona (Puerto Rico)”
Spanish: “Cayo Cardona”
Spanish: “Cayo Sor Isolina Ferré”
Spanish: “Isla Cardona (Puerto Rico)”
Spanish: “Isla Cardona”
Spanish: “Isla Sor Isolina Ferré”
Ukrainian: “Ісла-Кардона”
Urdu: “کاردونا”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Playa Cayo Cardona and Las Hojitas.

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