Cerro La Santa is a 2,962 feet (903 m) high mountain and the highest point in the

Sierra de Cayey The Sierra de Cayey ( English: "Cayey Mountains") is one of three subranges of the Cordillera Central mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico. It is demarcated from the eponymous main subrange of ''Cordillera Central'' by the San Crist� ...

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. The peak of Cerro La Santa is located in the

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, at a tri-point shared by the municipalities of

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(

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( Farallón) and

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( Espino).

Geography

Cerro La Santa is the highest point in the

, a subrange of the

Central Mountain Range The Central Mountain Range is the principal mountain range on the island of Taiwan. It runs from the north of the island to the south. It acts as a barrier between the east and west coasts, hindering travel. The tallest peak of the range is ...

(Cordillera Central) of Puerto Rico. Cerro Lucero, also located within the massif, follows close by with an elevation of 2,831 feet (862 m). Although not located at the peak of the mountain, the highest point of the municipalities of

Guayama Guayama (, ), officially the Autonomous Municipality of Guayama (), is a Guayama barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the Caribbean Sea, Caribbean coast of Puerto Rico. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 ...

and Patillas is also found within the Cerro La Santa

mountain massif A massif () is a principal mountain mass, such as a compact portion of a mountain range, containing one or more summits (e.g. France's Massif Central). In mountaineering literature, ''massif'' is frequently used to denote the main mass of a ...

. The summit of Cerro La Santa is located close to PR-184. With the exception of the tall antennas which provide signal to Puerto Rico's principal TV stations such as

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and

WAPA-TV WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is the flagship and namesake station of Guaynabo-based WAPA Media Group. WAPA-TV maintains studio facilities on Luis Vigoreaux Avenue ...

, these mountains are heavily forested by Sierra palm trees ('' Prestoea montana''). These forest tracts are protected under the jurisdiction of the

. The Loíza River (Spanish: ''Río Grande De Loíza'') has its source close to the summit in barrio Espino in San Lorenzo.

Gallery

File:2022cerrolasanta3.jpg, Cerro La Santa from Jaguas, Gurabo. File:2022cerrolasanta2.jpg, View of the antennas at the summit from highway PR-184. File:2022bosquecarite2.jpg, Sierra palm forest near the summit.

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* {{Commons category-inline Mountains of Puerto Rico Caguas, Puerto Rico Cayey, Puerto Rico San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico

Geography

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