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The Mona Passage (Spanish: Canal de la Mona) is a strait that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.The Mona Passage connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and is an important shipping route between the Atlantic and the Panama Canal.
The Battle of the Mona Passage was a naval engagement on 19 April 1782 taking place in the aftermath of the Battle of the Saintes between Britain and France during the American Revolutionary War. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood , pursued a small French fleet under Georges-François de Framond which had managed to ...
Mona Island (Spanish: Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, the strait between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, with the others being Monito Island and Desecheo Island. It measures about 7 miles by 4 miles ...
Mona and Monito as seen from the International Space Station. Mona is the third largest island in the archipelago of Puerto Rico and the largest in the Mona Passage. It has an area of 22 square miles (57 km 2) and is located 41 miles (66 km) from the main island of Puerto Rico, and 38 miles (61 km) east of the Dominican Republic.
Consisting of the archipelagos of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, it is bounded to the north by the Puerto Rico Trench, to the south by the Muertos Trough, to the east by the Virgin Island Basin, Anegada Gap, and Sombrero Basin in the Anegada Passage, and to west by the Yuma Basin and Mona Canyon in the Mona Passage.
The epicenter of the 1918 San Fermín earthquake was located in the Mona Passage off the northwestern coast of the island. The strongest ground shaking has been estimated at intensity IX on the Mercalli intensity scale. The resulting tsunami affected primarily the west coast towns of the island (primarily Mayaguez).
Mona Passage: 6.4 VI – – [7] 1943-07-29 Puerto Rico Mona Passage: 7.7 VI – – It was felt throughout Puerto Rico but no deaths or injuries were reported. Minor damage was reported throughout the island. [2] 1946-08-04: Dominican Republic Dominican Republic: 8.1 IX *2,550 – Large earthquake centered in the Samaná Peninsula of the ...
Mona Passage The first major shipwreck of the West Indies. [53] Eleven vessels were lost at the Mona Passage and the adjacent islands of Hispaniola, Mona and Puerto Rico, including the flagship Santa María de la Antigua (also known as El Dorado and Golden Hinde in other sources). In total 9 caravels, 2 naos and 1 barco sank. [54] [c] [d]