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Vieques Beach (21)
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![Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 1 N: 77]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/n-n-s.gif) (389) | This is a beach in the island of Vieques -- located just off the eastern cost of the larger island of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea.
Vieques is considered the southern axis of the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Vieques is known as "La Isla Nena" (little girl island) and "Isabel Segunda" (Isabel II) and was founded in 1843 by Francisco Saínz. Isabel Segunda port, holds the distinction of being the last fort built by the Spaniards in the New World
The island is 21 miles (34 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide, and it is 52 square miles (135 square km) in area. It was annexed to Puerto Rico in 1854. Vieques derives its name from the Taino Indian word for small island ("bieques"). |
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