Pico del Este | |
Etymology: | "peak of the east" in Spanish |
Elevation Ft: | 3408 |
Range: | Sierra de Luquillo |
Location: | Ceiba, Puerto Rico and Naguabo, Puerto Rico |
Parent Peak: | El Toro |
Pico del Este (Spanish for peak of the east) is a mountain peak in the southern portion of the Sierra de Luquillo, located on the boundary between the municipalities of Ceiba and Naguabo in eastern Puerto Rico.[1] A radar complex built by the US Navy can be found in the summit of the mountain. Known as the Old Navy Radar, these facilities remain decommissioned and abandoned.[2]
Pico del Este and, its neighboring peak, Pico del Oeste are located within El Yunque National Forest on a mountain massif that is connected to El Yunque through a northwestward ridge known as Cuchilla el Duque.[3]