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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.
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 ...
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 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.
Mona Island Light, also known as Faro de la Isla de la Mona, is a historic lighthouse located on the island of Mona, Puerto Rico, in the Mona Passage between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. It is the only lighthouse built of iron and steel in Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard crews working with DHS Task Force-Southeast partners maintain a continual presence with air, land and sea assets in the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage, the Mona Passage, and the ...
Monito is the masculine diminutive form of Mona in Spanish, which also translates to little monkey 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.
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]