El_Yunque_(Cuba)

El Yunque (Cuba)

El Yunque (Cuba)

Mountain in Cuba

For other uses, see El Yunque (disambiguation).

El Yunque is a 575-metre-high (1,886 ft) mountain located 7 km (4.3 mi) 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).

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the Bay of Baracoa and El Yunque

Overview

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 1,125 m (3,691 ft) long and has a total area of 461,000 m2 (4,960,000 sq ft).

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.

  • View from El Yunque
  • El Yunque from Baracoa bay
  • El Yunque in 2006
  • View to the west from the foot of El Yunque

References

  1. [1]
    Baracoa.org. "El Yunque". Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2006-09-29.
  2. [2]
    Columbus Monuments Pages. "Baracoa". Retrieved 2007-09-29.

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