Desecheo Island
Desecheo is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 13 mi from the municipality of Rincón on the west coast of the main island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi northeast of Mona Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: uninhabited island in Puerto Rico
- Also known as: “Desecheo” and “Isla Desecheo”
- Historically known as: “Zacheo Island”
Desecheo Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Sabanetas, Mayagüez, Porta del Sol, Puerto Rico, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Desecheo Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Desecheo Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة ديسيتشيو”
- Basque: “Desecheo uhartea”
- Breton: “Desecheo”
- Catalan: “Desecheo”
- Catalan: “Illa Desecheo”
- Cebuano: “Isla Desecheo”
- Chinese: “德塞切奧島”
- Dutch: “Desecheo Island”
- Estonian: “Desecheo”
- French: “Desecheo”
- French: “Île Desecheo”
- Galician: “Desecheo”
- Galician: “Illa Desecheo”
- German: “Desecheo”
- Hungarian: “Desecheo sziget”
- Italian: “Desecheo”
- Japanese: “デセチュオ島”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Desecheo”
- Russian: “Десечео”
- Spanish: “Desecheo”
- Spanish: “Isla de Desecheo”
- Spanish: “Isla Desecheo”
- Swahili: “Desecheo”
- Urdu: “دیسیچیو جزیرہ”
- Vietnamese: “Desecheo, Puerto Rico”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge and Point Jiguero.
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