Monito Island
"Monito" redirects here. For the South American animal, see monito del monte.
 Monito Island, Puerto Rico | |
  Monito | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 18°9′29″N 67°56′47″W / 18.15806°N 67.94639°W |
| Area | .147 km2 (0.057 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Administration | |
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United States | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Mayagüez |
| Barrio | Isla de Mona e Islote Monito |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Pop. density | 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi) |
| Additional information | |
| 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
- Monito as seen from dive boat, just a large rock in the ocean.
Banded Coral Shrimp
Green Moray Eel
Diver in cave
Diver and anemone
Diver and old anchor
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
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