Desecheo Island

Desecheo

Isla Desecheo, oblique aerial photograph
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Geography
Coordinates	18°23′14″N 67°28′19″W / 18.38722°N 67.47194°W / 18.38722; -67.47194
Area	1.524613 km2 (0.588656 sq mi)
Length	1.8 km (1.12 mi)
Width	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Highest elevation	218 m (715 ft)
Highest point	Sego Can Ridge
Administration
United States  Puerto Rico
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipio	Mayagüez
Barrio	Sabanetas

Desecheo (Spanish: Isla Desecheo) (Spanish pronunciation: [deseˈtʃeo]) is a small uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 13 mi (21 km) from Rincón on the west coast (Punta Higüero) of the main island of Puerto Rico and 31 mi (50 km) northeast of Mona Island. It has a land area of 0.589 sq mi (377 acres; 153 ha; 1.53 km²). Politically, the island is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge, but part of the Sabanetas barrio of Mayagüez.