Monito Island (

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

: ''Little Mona'', es, Islote Monito) is an uninhabited

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

about northwest of the much larger

Mona Island Mona ( es, Isla de Mona) is the third-largest island of the Puerto Rican archipelago, after the main island of Puerto Rico and Vieques. It is the largest of three islands in the Mona Passage, a strait between the Dominican Republic and Puerto R ...

. ''Monito'' is the

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form of ''Mona'' in Spanish, which also translates to ''little monkey'' in Spanish. It is one of three islands in the

Mona Passage The Mona Passage ( es, Canal de la Mona) is a strait that separates the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The Mona Passage connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and is an important shipping route between the Atlantic and the Panama ...

, and part of the Isla de Mona e Islote Monito ''

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'', a subdivision of the municipality of

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez (, ) is a city and the eighth-largest municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez, and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Pura ...

. It is from the Puerto Rican mainland, and from the island of

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

(the coast of the

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Description

The island is uninhabited. The high altitude of the island's shoreline makes it inaccessible by sea. ''Monito'' has an area of or , its highest point is , and is barren. The US coast guard has rescued migrants off Monito Island. The

Monito gecko The Monito gecko (''Sphaerodactylus micropithecus'') is a lizard, a species of gecko endemism, endemic to the Monito Island, island of Monito, in the archipelago of Puerto Rico. Habitat & distribution The Monito gecko is restricted to two locat ...

is found only on Monito Island.

Gallery

Maps in the Puerto Rico 2010 Census of Population and Housing Page 136.jpg, US 2010 Census map of the two islands off Mayagüez Banded Coral Shrimp, Monito Island, Puerto Rico.jpg, 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

References

External links

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Monito Island summary from the ''University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez'' Department of Biology Herbarium
{{Authority control Uninhabited islands of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, Puerto Rico National Natural Landmarks in Puerto Rico

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