Cayo Santiago
Cayo Santiago, also known as Santiago Island, Isla de los monos, is located at, 0.59 mi 0.6 mi to the east of Punta Santiago, Humacao, Puerto Rico. It is known as the home to approximately 1800 rhesus macaque monkeys, who have been observed and studied by scientists since 1938.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: uininhabited island of Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Island of the monkeys” and “Santiago Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bridge No. 122.
Bridge No. 122
Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Bridge No. 122, spanning the Santiago River near Naguabo, Puerto Rico, is significant as "one of the earliest and most elegant examples of concrete beam bridges in Puerto Rico". Bridge No. 122 is situated 3½ km north of Cayo Santiago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naguabo.
Naguabo
Photo: Bjoertvedt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Naguabo is a municipality in the Eastern Coast region of Puerto Rico, north of Humacao and south of Ceiba and Fajardo.
Cayo Santiago
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Humacao, Eastern Coast, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.15622° or 18° 9′ 22″ northLongitude
-65.73237° or 65° 43′ 57″ westElevation
18 metres (59 feet)Open location code
77CP5749+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 44082654OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4563358Wikidata ID
Q1052023
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Cayo Santiago” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cayo Santiago”
- Dutch: “Cayo Santiago”
- French: “Cayo Santiago”
- German: “Cayo Santiago”
- Greek: “Κάγιο Σαντιάγκο”
- Polish: “Cayo Santiago”
- Spanish: “Cayo Santiago (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Cayo Santiago”
- Spanish: “Isla de los monos”
- Spanish: “Isla de monos”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Punta Santiago and Tropical Beach.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Evelyn Shoal and Muelle Punta Santiago.
Eastern Coast: Must-Visit Destinations
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