Cayo Icacos is a small,
uninhabited island
A desert island, deserted island, or uninhabited island, is an island, islet or atoll that is not permanently populated by humans. Uninhabited islands are often depicted in films or stories about shipwrecked people, and are also used as stereotype ...
off the coast of
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Fajardo (, ) is a town and municipality -Fajardo Combined Statistical Area.
Fajardo is the hub of much of the recreational boating in Puerto Rico and a popular launching port to Culebra, Vieques, and the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. It is ...
. It forms part of the
La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve
La Cordillera Reef (Spanish: ''Arrecifes de La Cordillera'') is a nature reserve located 1.5 nautical miles from Fajardo, Puerto Rico consisting of a small archipelago of keys (called the Cordillera Keys or ''Cayos de La Cordillera''), coral ree ...
and is under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Natural Resources and Environment. It is a fifteen-minute
water taxi
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ride from Fajardo. The island is a popular
snorkeling
Snorkeling ( British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a ...
and beach tourism destination.
For some time, there was a
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to reduce their envi ...
on the southern part of the island, with a short railroad system to shuttle limestone from the quarry to the pier.
See also
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List of islands of Puerto Rico
This is a list of islands of Puerto Rico.
The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has over 143 islands, keys, islets, and atolls. Only the main island of Puerto Rico () and the islands of Vieques (), and Culebra () are inhabited. Mona Island () ha ...
References
External links
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Biobay Fajardo
Cays and islets of Puerto Rico
Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Uninhabited islands of Puerto Rico
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