Desecheo Island is located 20 km from the west coast of the main island of Puerto Rico, in the northeast of Mona Passage. It has an area of 1.46 km² and is uninhabited. It reaches a height of 218 m. There are no known bodies of surface water, which limits the flora to thorny shrubs, small trees, weeds and cactus. The Mona Passage is a strait that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. ...
The island belongs to the city of Mayagüez, barrio of Mona Island. Mayagüez (pronounced Mah-yah-GWEHZ) is the third largest city of Puerto Rico. ... Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district. ... Mona Mona (a. ...
Islands lying off the coast of the State of Washington in the Pacific Ocean.
Islands situated in Lower Klamath Lake and the marsh and swamp lands unsuitable for agricultural purposes in townships thirty-nine, forty, and forty-one south, Oregon, and in townships forty-seven and forty-eight north, California.
Embraces all of the islands of the Aleutian chain, Alaska, including Unimak and Sannak Islands on the east and Otter Island on the west, reserved for preserve and breeding-ground for native birds, and in addition thereto for the propagation of reindeer and fur-bearing animals and encouragement and development of the fisheries.