List of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico explained

This list of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico, consists of both hills, mountains, and similarly named geographic features with a summit in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.[1] [2]

Mountain list summary table

No.Name Height LocationType Comment Photo
1Cerro de Punta1338sp=usNaNsp=us AnónCerro Highest mountain in Puerto Rico
2Peñón de Ponce[3] 101sp=usNaNsp=us PeñonNext to Barrio Encarnación, Peñuelas;[4] easily visible from PR-2 westbound at the Las Cucharas sector
3Cerro del Vigía139sp=usNaNsp=us Portugués UrbanoCerro Location of Cruceta del Vigia and other tourist attractions. Prominently located just north of the city of Ponce[5]
4Cerro Los Negrones121sp=usNaNsp=us Sabanetas & Machuelo AbajoCerro
5Cerro del Diablo681sp=usNaNsp=us TibesCerro 0.5sp=usNaNsp=us east of Hacienda Burenes/PR-503 km 1.9
6Monte Jayuya1311sp=usNaNsp=us AnónMonte
7Cerro Maravilla1203sp=usNaNsp=us Cerro
8Cerro Santo Domingo611sp=usNaNsp=us Maraguez & AnónCerro0.75sp=usNaNsp=us NNE of the (easterly) bridge over Rio Cerrillos on PR-139 in Barrio Maraguez
9Cerro Agustinillo581sp=usNaNsp=us Cerro
10Monte La Mesa531sp=usNaNsp=us MonteNext to Barrio Real, Ponce
11Pico Pinto621sp=usNaNsp=us Machuelo Arriba & MaraguezPico -
12Cerro El Gato252sp=usNaNsp=us Cerro Next to Machuelo Arriba[6]
13Monte Marqueño626sp=usNaNsp=us Monte Located at junction of barrios Tibes, Guaraguao, and Magueyes[7]

See also

References

  1. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest Maptest.
  2. http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/webcensus/ Webcensus.
  3. This name has been in recorded history at least since 2 May 1858 (Socorro Guirón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XIX. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. page 91.)
  4. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:3:171352571621893::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1613159%2CPe%C3%B1on%20de%20Ponce Feature Detail Report for: Peñon de Ponce.
  5. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1990933,Cerro%20el%20Vigia Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Vigía.
  6. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:3:171352571621893::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1609950%2CCerro%20El%20Gato Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Gato.
  7. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=132:3:171352571621893::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1611542%2CMonte%20Marqueno Feature Detail Report for: Monte Marqueno.