Pico del Este (
Spanish
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for ''peak of the east'') is a mountain peak in the southern portion of the
Sierra de Luquillo
The Sierra de Luquillo (English: "Luquillo Mountains") is a steep-sided, high-precipitation, and deeply-forested subrange of the Cordillera Central mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico. Separated from the southeastern Sierra de Cayey ...
, located on the boundary between the municipalities of
Ceiba
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and
Naguabo in eastern
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
. A radar complex built by the
US Navy
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can be found in the summit of the mountain. Known as the ''Old Navy Radar'', these facilities remain decommissioned and abandoned.
Geography
Pico del Este and, its neighboring peak, ''Pico del Oeste'' are located within
El Yunque National Forest
El Yunque National Forest (), formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest (or ''Bosque Nacional del Caribe''), is a forest located in northeastern Puerto Rico. While there are both temperate and tropical rainforests in other states and terri ...
on a mountain massif that is connected to
El Yunque through a northwestward ridge known as ''Cuchilla el Duque''.
Gallery
File:Puerto Rico El Yunque 3.jpg, Pico del Este (left) and El Yunque (right) massifs as seen from the north.
File:Radar towers - panoramio (1).jpg, ''Old Navy Radars'' on the summit of Pico del Este.
File:Pico del Este from Naguabo Pueblo.jpg, View from Naguabo Pueblo
References
Mountains of Puerto Rico
Ceiba, Puerto Rico
Naguabo, Puerto Rico
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