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Vieques (/ v i ˈ eɪ k ə s / ⓘ; Spanish pronunciation:), officially Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, a United States territory in the northeastern Caribbean. Vieques is part of a group of islands sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands ; Puerto Rico, as a whole, is located just west of the U.S. Virgin ...
The Vieques, Puerto Rico, Naval Training Range was a United States naval facility located on the island of Vieques, about 5 miles east of mainland Puerto Rico. Starting in November 1941, the navy used the range for military exercises. Military operations ended in 2001, with the Navy completely leaving the area in 2003. [ 1]
Isabel II. / 18.147362°N 65.442628°W / 18.147362; -65.442628. Isabel II barrio-pueblo (referred to as Isabel Segunda in Spanish) is a barrio and the administrative center ( seat) in the downtown area in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,354.
The Vieques National Wildlife Refuge ( Spanish: Refugio nacional de vida silvestre de Vieques) is a National Wildlife Refuge on the island of Vieques in the Puerto Rico archipelago. It is part of the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex . The refuge contains several ecologically distinct habitats including; beaches, coastal ...
Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport. / 18.13472°N 65.49389°W / 18.13472; -65.49389. Antonio Rivera Rodríguez Airport ( IATA: VQS, ICAO: TJVQ, FAA LID: VQS) is a public airport on the island of Vieques in Puerto Rico. Because a large amount of Vieques's yearly revenue comes from the tourism industry, this airport plays an important part ...
The Vieques City Hall (Spanish: Casa Alcaldía de Vieques), also known as the Vieques Municipal House (Casa Municipal de Vieques) and formerly known as Casa del Rey, is a historic civic building located in the main town square (plaza pública) of Isabel Segunda, the administrative center and main settlement of the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. [1]
Designated. 1975. Mona Island ( Spanish: 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 Rico, the others being Monito Island and Desecheo Island.
Monte Pirata ( Spanish for "pirate mountain"), at 960 feet (290 m) of elevation, is the highest mountain in the island of Vieques. [1] The mountain is located in the western portion of the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge and it is the site of an old US Navy communications site, now operated by the Department of Homeland Security]. [2]