Isla Cardona

Isla Cardona
Isla de Cardona, Ponce, Puerto Rico, as seen from Club Nautico de Ponce on Isla de Gatas, Ponce, PR, looking Southwest
Isla Cardona is located in Puerto Rico
Isla Cardona
Isla Cardona
Isla Cardona is located in Lesser Antilles
Isla Cardona
Isla Cardona
Isla Cardona is located in Caribbean
Isla Cardona
Isla Cardona
Geography
LocationPonce, Puerto Rico
Coordinates17°57′24″N 66°38′6″W / 17.95667°N 66.63500°W / 17.95667; -66.63500
Area0.04 km2 (0.015 sq mi)
Administration
CommonwealthPuerto Rico
MunicipalityPonce
Demographics
Population0 (Unihnabited)
Additional information
Administered by the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources

Isla Cardona, also known as Sor Isolina Ferré Island,[1] is a small, uninhabited island located 1.30 nautical miles south of the mainland Puerto Rican shore across from Barrio Playa,[2] on the west side of the entrance to the harbor of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The small island is considered part of barrio Playa.[3] It is home to the 1889 Cardona Island Light, which is listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Together with Caja de Muertos, Gatas, Morrillito, Ratones, Isla del Frio, and Isla de Jueyes, Cardona is one of seven islands ascribed to the municipality of Ponce.[4][5] The island gained notoriety in 2010 when the Puerto Rican Bird Society made it a target for the eradication of the black rat.

  1. ^ Repite con nueva marca el Cruce a Nado. Junior Lugo Marrero. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 5 September 2012. Year 30. Issue 1501. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. ^ West Indies Pilot, Volume 1. United States Hydrographic Office. Page 599. Fourth Edition: 1922. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  3. ^ Puerto Rico 2000: Population and Housing Unit Counts. U.S. Census Bureau. Publication Number PHC-3-53. Published November 2003. Page F-17. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  4. ^ Neysa Rodriguez Deynes. Brevario Sobre la Historia de Ponce. Second Edition. Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. 2002. Page 9. Printed by Impress Quality Printing, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
  5. ^ CityMelt. Retrieved 30 April 2011.