Gran Roque

Gran Roque
Gran Roque Island
Gran Roque is located in Venezuela
Gran Roque
Gran Roque
Gran Roque is located in Caribbean
Gran Roque
Gran Roque
Geography
LocationLeeward Antilles
Caribbean Sea
Coordinates11°57′00″N 66°40′36″W / 11.95000°N 66.67667°W / 11.95000; -66.67667
ArchipelagoLos Roques
Administration
Federal EntityFederal dependencies of Venezuela
Demographics
Population3.100

Gran Roque[1] is an island, one of the federal dependencies of Venezuela,[2] located in the southeastern Caribbean Sea in the archipelago of Los Roques,[3] which has 1.7 km2 (170 ha) in extent, where the majority of the population lives. Los Roques Airport is located by the sea, a few meters from the beach.

  1. ^ "PDVSA" (PDF).
  2. ^ Brushaber, Susan; Greenberg, Arnold (October 1997). Venezuela Alive. Hunter Publishing, Inc. ISBN 9781556508004.
  3. ^ Guía ecoturística de Venezuela (in Spanish). Miro Popić Editor C.A. 1998.