El Yunque (Cuba)

El Yunque
Highest point
Elevation575 m (1,886 ft)[1]
Coordinates20°21′08″N 74°34′26″W / 20.35222°N 74.57389°W / 20.35222; -74.57389
Naming
English translationThe anvil
Language of name(in Spanish)
Geography
LocationCuba
Parent rangeSierra del Purial
(Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa)
Geology
Mountain typeTable mountain
the Bay of Baracoa and El Yunque

El Yunque is a 575-metre-high (1,886 ft) mountain located 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Baracoa and the Baracoa Bay in Cuba's Guantanamo Province. It has a table mountain shape that resembles an anvil ("yunque" in Spanish).

  1. ^ Baracoa.org. "El Yunque". Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2006-09-29.