Monito Island

Monito

Monito Island, Puerto Rico
Monito Island (Puerto Rico)
Geography
Coordinates	18°9′29″N 67°56′47″W / 18.15806°N 67.94639°W
Area	.147 km^2 (0.057 sq mi)
Highest elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Administration
United States
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Mayagüez
Barrio	Isla de Mona e Islote Monito
Demographics
Population	0
Density	0 /km^2 (0 /sq mi)
Additional information
U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1975

Monito Island (‘Little Mona’) is an uninhabited island about 5 kilometers northwest of the much larger Mona Island. Monito is the masculine diminutive form of Mona in Spanish. It is one of three islands in the Mona Passage, and part of the Isla de Mona e Islote Monito barrio, a subdivision of the municipality of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is inaccessible by sea, barren, reaches 65 metres (213 feet) in height, and measures 0.147 square kilometres (0.06 square miles), or 36.25 acres) in area.

Gallery

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  Monito as seen from dive boat, just a large rock in the ocean.

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  Banded Coral Shrimp

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  Green Moray Eel

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  Diver in cave

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  Diver and anemone

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  Diver and old anchor

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  Diver and Nurse Shark in cave at Monito

References

• Monito Island: Block 1041, Block Group 1, Census Tract 815.12, Mayagüez Municipio, United States Census Bureau
• Monito Island summary from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Department of Biology Herbarium

Coordinates: 18°09′30″N 67°56′48″W / 18.158208°N 67.94662°W