Islote
Islote is a barrio in the municipality of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 5,665. "Birth of a New World", a giant sculpture of Christopher Columbus on a ship, is located in Islote.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: barrio of Puerto Rico
- Description: barrio in Arecibo, Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Islote Barrio”, “Islote, Arecibo”, “Islote, Arecibo, Puerto Rico”, and “Islote, Puerto Rico”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cueva del Indio and Birth of the New World.
Cueva del Indio
Cave
Cueva del Indio is a seaside cave located along limestone cliffs in Islote, Arecibo along Puerto Rico's Atlantic coast. The cave and its surroundings are protected by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources as the Cueva del Indio Nature Reserve.
Birth of the New World
Memorial
The Birth of the New World is a 360 foot bronze sculpture located on the Atlantic coastline of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. When completed in 2016, it became the tallest sculpture in North America, surpassing Mexico's Guerrero Chimalli, and the fourth tallest worldwide, after the Statue of Unity in India, the Spring Temple Buddha in China, and the Laykyun Sekkya in Myanmar.
Islote
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Islote” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Islote Barrio”
- Spanish: “Barrio Islote”
- Spanish: “Islote (Arecibo)”
- Spanish: “Islote (Puerto Rico)”
- Spanish: “Islote”
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