Native name: Isla de Ratones | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Coordinates | 17°57′18″N 66°40′53″W / 17.95500°N 66.68139°W |
| Area | 0.03 km2 (0.012 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Ponce |
| Barrio | Playa |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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Isla de Ratones (Spanish for mice island) is a small uninhabited island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico, off the coast of Ponce. The island is part of barrio Canas in the municipality of Ponce.[1][2] The island gained attention in 2010 when the Puerto Rican Bird Society made it a target for the eradication of the black rat. While named as one single island, it is actually composed of two islands separated by a few feet of shallow water during high tide, which become a single island at low tide.
- ^ Municipios, Municipio Subdivisions, Subbarrios, and Places - Section 14. U. S. Census Bureau. Census 2000. "Puerto Rico 2000: Population and Housing Unit Counts." Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ 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.