El Yunque | |
Elevation M: | 575 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Translation: | The anvil |
Location: | Cuba |
Range: | Sierra del Purial (Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa) |
Coordinates: | 20.3522°N -74.5739°W |
Type: | Table mountain |
El Yunque is a 575adj=midNaNadj=mid mountain located 7km (04miles) 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).
El Yunque was mentioned by Christopher Columbus in his chronicles about the discovery of the Americas.[2] The Yunque is situated between the banks of the rivers Duaba and Toa, it is 1125m (3,691feet) long and has a total area of 461000m2.
El Yunque was declared a National Monument by the Cuban National Commission of Monuments on December 25, 1979.[1] El Yunque is covered with Cuban moist forests and the lower slopes are planted with cocoa bean under the shade of groves of royal palm.