The Islas Los Frailes are an
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Arch ...
of rock islets with sparse
scrub vegetation belonging to the
Federal dependencies of Venezuela
The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela ( es, link=no, Dependencias Federales de Venezuela) encompass most of Venezuela's offshore islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela, excluding those islands that form the State of Nueva Espa ...
, part of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
[Vargas, Francisco Alejandro. 1983: Nuestros héroes navales. Comandancia General de la Armada. Caracas. 2 volúmenes.]
The flotilla of Spanish explorer
Alonso de Ojeda
Alonso de Ojeda (; c. 1466 – c. 1515) was a Spanish explorer, governor and conquistador. He travelled through modern-day Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago, Curaçao, Aruba and Colombia. He navigated with Amerigo Vespucci who is famou ...
sighted in 1499 the archipelago composed of ten islands:
*
Chepere
*
Guacaraida
* Isla Fraile Grande
*
Nabobo
*
Cominoto
*
Macarare
*
Guairiare
*
Guacaraida
*
La Balandra
*
La Peche
The largest island is called Fraile Grande or Puerto Real and is long and occupies . The southern islet has an elevation of . About north of Los Failes is Roca del Norte (North Rock), which is high.
See also
*
Federal Dependencies of Venezuela
The Federal Dependencies of Venezuela ( es, link=no, Dependencias Federales de Venezuela) encompass most of Venezuela's offshore islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela, excluding those islands that form the State of Nueva Espa ...
*
List of marine molluscs of Venezuela
*
List of Poriferans of Venezuela
References
External links
Los Frailes hfdx.org
Los Frailes
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Science and technology
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Venezuelan islands of the Leeward Antilles
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