Desecheo Island

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Caribbean island island uninhabited island wildlife refuge

Desecheo Island is a small, uninhabited Caribbean island and wildlife refuge off the west coast of Puerto Rico, known for its rugged terrain, seabird colonies, and surrounding dive sites.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Isla Desecheo	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Caribbean island ⓘ island ⓘ uninhabited island ⓘ wildlife refuge ⓘ
access	requires permit ⓘ restricted ⓘ
area	approximately 1.5 square kilometers ⓘ
belongsTo	Caribbean islands ⓘ surface form: Antilles island group Greater Antilles ⓘ surface form: Greater Antilles region
climate	semi-arid ⓘ tropical ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevation	approximately 218 meters above sea level ⓘ
establishedAsWildlifeRefuge	1976 ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	limited vegetation ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ steep cliffs ⓘ
hasRisk	unexploded ordnance ⓘ
historicalUse	bombing range ⓘ military training site ⓘ
knownFor	clear waters ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ surrounding dive sites ⓘ underwater visibility ⓘ
locatedIn	Caribbean Sea ⓘ Mona Passage ⓘ
locatedNear	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico ⓘ Rincón, Puerto Rico ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf	Puerto Rico ⓘ west coast of Puerto Rico ⓘ
managedBy	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
nameLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
officialName	Desecheo Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Isla Desecheo
partOf	Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico United States Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex ⓘ
population	0 permanent inhabitants ⓘ
primaryUse	scientific research ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ
protectedStatus	Culebra National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ surface form: National Wildlife Refuge
supportsPopulationOf	brown booby ⓘ red-footed booby ⓘ seabirds ⓘ sooty tern ⓘ
surroundedBy	coral reefs ⓘ rocky reefs ⓘ
territory	Puerto Rico ⓘ
timeZone	Atlantic Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Standard Time
usedBy	United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States military

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puerto Rico → contains → Desecheo Island ⓘ

U.S. Caribbean territories → hasMember → Desecheo Island ⓘ

Desecheo Island → officialName → Desecheo Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Isla Desecheo