| Puerto Rico is an island between the Caribbean | | | | Panama Canal. In addition to the principal island, the |
| Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, located east of | | | | Commonwealth includes Vieques, Culebra, |
| the Dominican Republic. The island is almost | | | | Culebrita, Palomino (also known as the Spanish |
| rectangular in shape and is the smallest and most | | | | Virgin Islands), Mona, Monito and various others |
| eastern island of the Greater Antilles. The island | | | | isolated islands. |
| spans an area of 9,104 sq. km, slightly less than | | | | To the west of the island lie Haiti and the |
| three times the size of Rhode Island. The island | | | | Dominican Republic, which are separated from the |
| has a length of 180 km, stretching from Punta | | | | island by the Mona Passage or Mona Canal. To the |
| Puerca in the east to Punta Higuero in the west. | | | | east lie the Virgin Islands. The north is flanked by |
| The maximum width spans an area of 65 km | | | | the Atlantic Ocean while the Caribbean Sea is to |
| from Isabella in the north to Punta Colon in the | | | | the south. |
| south. ¹-¾SD oßv | | | | Puerto Rico has a predominantly mountainous |
| ¹ÃƒÅ“ÃŽ | | | | terrain. The coastal plains are spread across the |
| ÅÜÜÚ...ŸÒÜ | | | | north of the island. Sandy beaches cover the |
| ÷¼Ä»The length of the | | | | coastal areas. Cerro de Punta is the highest point |
| coastline is 501 km, which is the reason for | | | | at a height of 1,338m. |
| Puerto Rico being a key -shipping lane to the | | | | |