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The Los Roques Archipelago[ 2 ][ 3 ] (Spanish: Archipiélago de Los Roques) [ 4 ][ 5 ] is a federal dependency of Venezuela consisting of approximately 350 islands, cays, and islets in a total area of 40.61 square kilometers. The archipelago is located 128 kilometers (80 mi) directly north of the port of La Guaira, in the Caribbean Sea.
Gran Roque. Gran Roque[1] is an island, one of the federal dependencies of Venezuela, [2] located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea in the archipelago of Los Roques, [3] which has 1.7 km 2 (170 ha) in extent, where the majority of the population lives. Los Roques Airport is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.
Dos Mosquises. / 11.79861°N 66.88833°W / 11.79861; -66.88833. Dos Mosquises [1] are two islands that form part of the Los Roques archipelago, [2] are administratively part of the Francisco de Miranda Island Territory (Federal Dependencies of Venezuela), [3] and are located in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. [4]
Cayo de Agua [1] [2] (in English literally Water Key) is the name of an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea [3] that geographically belongs to the Los Roques Archipelago [4] [5] and is administratively organized as part of the Federal Dependencies, Venezuela, [6] in addition to being part of the National Park of the same name and the Miranda Island Territory, the name of this key has its ...
La Orchila Island is an island and a military base off the coast of Venezuela, north of Caracas. It has numerous beaches, including one where the sand is markedly pink (Arena Rosada). [1][2][3] There is a presidential retreat on this island, and the residential complex reserved for the military houses consists mainly of elevated houses made of ...
Cayos Bequevé (also called Cayo Bequevé or Bequevé) is the name given to a group of Venezuelan islands in the southeast of the Caribbean Sea that is part of the Los Roques Archipelago, and of the Lesser Antilles that is administered as part of the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela and the National Park Archipelago of Los Roques, and is also part of the so-called Miranda Island Territory.
Isla de Aves ([ˈisla ðe ˈaβes]; Spanish for "Island of Birds" or "Birds Island"), or Aves Island, is a Federal Dependency of Venezuela.It has been the subject of numerous territorial disputes (now resolved) with the United States (through the Guano Islands Act of 1856), neighboring independent islands, such as Dominica, and European states controlling the surrounding dependent islands ...
Madrisquí. / 11.93528°N 66.66111°W / 11.93528; -66.66111. Madrisquí [1] [2] (also known as Cayo Madriskí or Madrizqui) is a small island that belongs to the Archipelago of Los Roques, [3] which is administratively part of the Federal Dependencies and is under the authority of the Miranda Island Territory in the waters of the ...