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.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 100 metres (340 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Zacheo Island”
- Description: uninhabited island in Puerto Rico
- Also known as“Desecheo”“Isla Desecheo”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
18.38457° or 18° 23′ 5″ north
Longitude
-67.48062° or 67° 28′ 50″ west
Open location code
77CJ9GM9+RQ
GeoNames ID
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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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