Monito Island

Monito

File:Monito from dive boat.jpg Monito Island, Puerto Rico
Monito Island (Puerto Rico)
Geography
Coordinates
Area
Highest elevation	65 m (213 ft)
Country
United States
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Mayagüez
Barrio	Isla de Mona e Islote Monito
Demographics
Population	0
Density	0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
Additional information
U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1975

"Monito" redirects here. For the South American animal, see monito del monte.

Monito Island (‘Little Mona’) is an uninhabited island about 5 kilometers northwest of the much larger Mona Island. Monito is the masculine diminutive form of Mona 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. It is inaccessible by sea, barren, reaches 65 m (213 ft) in height, and measures 0.147 km² (0.0566 sq mi, or 36.25 acres) in area.

Gallery

• Monito from dive boat.jpg

  Monito as seen from dive boat, just a large rock in the ocean.

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  Banded Coral Shrimp

• Green Moray Eel, Monito Island, Puerto Rico.jpg

  Green Moray Eel

• Monito diver in cave.jpg

  Diver in cave

• Diver and anemone, Monito Island, Puerto Rico.jpg

  Diver and anemone

• Diver and old anchor, Monito Island, Puerto Rico.jpg

  Diver and old anchor

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  Diver and Nurse Shark in cave at Monito

References

• Monito Island: Block 1041, Block Group 1, Census Tract 815.12, Mayagüez Municipio, United States Census Bureau
• Monito Island summary from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez Department of Biology Herbarium