| Puerto Rico is an island between the Caribbean | | | | the principal island, the Commonwealth includes |
| Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, located east of | | | | Vieques, Culebra, Culebrita, Palomino (also known |
| the Dominican Republic. The island is almost | | | | as the Spanish Virgin Islands), Mona, Monito and |
| rectangular in shape and is the smallest and most | | | | various others isolated islands.To the west of the |
| eastern island of the Greater Antilles. The island | | | | island lie Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which |
| spans an area of 9,104 sq. km, slightly less than | | | | are separated from the island by the Mona |
| three times the size of Rhode Island. The island | | | | Passage or Mona Canal. To the east lie the Virgin |
| has a length of 180 km, stretching from Punta | | | | Islands. The north is flanked by the Atlantic Ocean |
| Puerca in the east to Punta Higuero in the west. | | | | while the Caribbean Sea is to the south.Puerto |
| The maximum width spans an area of 65 km | | | | Rico has a predominantly mountainous terrain. The |
| from Isabella in the north to Punta Colon in the | | | | coastal plains are spread across the north of the |
| south. The length of the coastline is 501 km, | | | | island. Sandy beaches cover the coastal areas. |
| which is the reason for Puerto Rico being a key | | | | Cerro de Punta is the highest point at a height of |
| -shipping lane to the Panama Canal. In addition to | | | | 1,338m. |