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