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Cerro de Punta, Puerto Rico's tallest mountain, as seen from Museo de Arte de Ponce

This list of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico, consists of both hills, mountains, and similarly named geographic features with a summit in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. [1] [2]

Mountain list summary table

No. Name Height Location Type Comment Photo
1 Cerro de Punta 1,338 meters (4,390 ft) Anón Cerro Highest mountain in Puerto Rico
2 Peñón de Ponce [3] 101 meters (331 ft) Canas Peñon Next to Barrio Encarnación, Peñuelas; [4] easily visible from PR-2 westbound at the Las Cucharas sector
3 Cerro del Vigía 139 meters (456 ft) Portugués Urbano Cerro Location of Cruceta del Vigia and other tourist attractions. Prominently located just north of the city of Ponce [5]
4 Cerro Los Negrones 121 meters (397 ft) Sabanetas & Machuelo Abajo Cerro Visible from PR-52, while traveling through Barrio Sabanetas, between PR-1 and PR-10
5 Cerro del Diablo 681 meters (2,234 ft) Tibes Cerro 0.5 miles (2,600 ft) east of Hacienda Burenes/PR-503 km 1.9
6 Monte Jayuya 1,311 meters (4,301 ft) Anón Monte Shared with Barrio Veguitas and Barrio Saliente, Municipality of Jayuya
7 Cerro Maravilla 1,203 meters (3,947 ft) Anón Cerro Next to Barrio Saliente, Jayuya
8 Cerro Santo Domingo 611 meters (2,005 ft) Maraguez & Anón Cerro 0.75 miles (4,000 ft) NNE of the (easterly) bridge over Rio Cerrillos on PR-139 in Barrio Maraguez
9 Cerro Agustinillo 581 meters (1,906 ft) Real Cerro Next to Barrio Collores, Juana Diaz
10 Monte La Mesa 531 meters (1,742 ft) Anón Monte Next to Barrio Real, Ponce
11 Pico Pinto 621 meters (2,037 ft) Machuelo Arriba & Maraguez Pico -
12 Cerro El Gato 252 meters (827 ft) Portugués Cerro Next to Machuelo Arriba [6]
13 Monte Marqueño 626 meters (2,054 ft) Tibes, Guaraguao, & Magueyes Monte Located at junction of barrios Tibes, Guaraguao, and Magueyes [7]

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See also

References

  1. ^ Maptest. Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  2. ^ Webcensus. Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
  3. ^ This name has been in recorded history at least since 2 May 1858 (Socorro Guirón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XIX. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. page 91.)
  4. ^ Feature Detail Report for: Peñon de Ponce. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1613159. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  5. ^ Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Vigía. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1990933. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  6. ^ Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Gato. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1609950. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  7. ^ Feature Detail Report for: Monte Marqueno. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1611542. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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