Culebrita Island is a small, uninhabited island off the eastern coast of the island-municipality of Culebra in the Spanish Virgin Islands, administratively part of the archipelago of Puerto Rico and geographically part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands.

Culebrita Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Culebrita Lighthouse is the only remaining Spanish-era structure in the Culebra archipelago. Construction of the lighthouse began on September 25, 1882, and was completed on February 25, 1886.

Playa Larga Beach

Beach

Photo: ElFamosoRafo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tortuga Beach

Category: landform
Location: Fraile, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

18.31898° or 18° 19′ 8″ north

Longitude

-65.22843° or 65° 13′ 42″ west

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

77CP8Q9C+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 426913565

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

GeoNames ID

7309518

Wikidata ID

Q49323449

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Satellite Map

Discover Tortuga Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Spanish—“Tortuga Beach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Playa Tortuga (lapyahan sa Puerto Rico)”
Cebuano: “Playa Tortuga”
Spanish: “Playa Tortuga (Puerto Rico)”
Spanish: “Playa Tortuga”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Cabeza de Perro and Punta Garay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Culebrita Beach and Cayo Botella.

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