2. Geography
The island measures 37.5 acres, 600 meters
north to south and 400 meters east to west.
While the island is flat in the north, it
reaches a height of 34.9 meters, 2.9 km
southwest of the island's port, on a small
rocky hill called El Morrillo.
3. The island has been the habitat for a free-ranging
population of Rhesus monkeys. The monkeys are the
offspring of an original group of 409 monkeys
imported fromIndia.
About the Monkeys