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Cabezas de San Juan Nature Reserve consists mainly of a large peninsula located in the north-westernmost corner of Puerto Rico and its surrounding bodies of water. The reserve is connected to the west to Seven Seas State Park (Parque Nacional Seven Seas) and the Northeast Ecological Corridor, and by sea in the east to La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve, a large protected marine area consisting ...
Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist, while the capital city was named Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("Rich Port City"). [21] Eventually traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as Puerto Rico, while San Juan became the name used for the main trading/shipping port and the capital ...
Map of the Río Piedras watershed, also known as the San Juan Bay Estuary Watershed (2015), and ends in the San Juan Bay. Puerto Rico has lakes (none of them natural) [29] and more than 50 rivers. Most of these rivers are born in the Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico's principal mountain range located across the center of the island. The rivers ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Capital and largest city of Puerto Rico Capital city and municipality in Puerto Rico, United States San Juan Capital city and municipality Municipio Autónomo de San Juan Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Santurce, San Juan Bay, and Old San Juan from San Cristóbal Fortress Old San ...
San Juan Bay (Spanish: Bahía de San Juan) is the bay and main inlet adjacent to Old San Juan in northeastern Puerto Rico. It is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) in length, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the largest body of water in an estuary of about 97 square miles (250 km 2 ) [ 4 ] of channels, inlets and eight interconnected lagoons . [ 5 ]
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San Juan; Usage on la.wikipedia.org Urbs Sancti Ioannis de Portu Divite; Usage on lij.wikipedia.org San Juan (Pòrto Ricco) Usage on ml.wikipedia.org സാൻ ഹുവാൻ Usage on ms.wikipedia.org San Juan, Puerto Rico; Usage on nl.wikipedia.org San Juan (Puerto Rico) Usage on oc.wikipedia.org San Juan (Puerto Rico) Usage on pl.wikivoyage ...
Condado Beach is located along the Atlantic coast of the San Juan barrio (district) of Santurce. The beach is named after Condado, itself a constituting subbarrio (sector) of Santurce, found directly to the east of the Islet of San Juan. The beach itself extends from La Ventana al Mar Park on Ashford Avenue in the west to Punta Piedrita in the ...