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Upland Sources of Marine Debris on the Shorelines of Puerto Rico

1997; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-1-4613-8486-1_34

0172-6161

Ruperto Chaparro, Javier Enrique Vélez,

Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

The territory of Puerto Rico contains one large island and several small islands including Vieques, Culebra, and Mona. Puerto Rico is bordered on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Virgin Passage, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the Mona Passage. The principal island of Puerto Rico is one of the largest of the West Indies. Puerto Rico’s greatest east- to-west distance is about 180 km (110 mi), and its extreme north-to-south distance is about 65 km (40 mi). The highest point is 1338 m (4389 ft) at Cerro La Punta in the central town of Jayuya.