Montes_Oscuros

Montes Oscuros

Montes Oscuros

Mountain range in Puerto Rico

Montes Oscuros (Spanish for "dark mountains") is a small mountain range located between the Sierra de Cayey and the main Cordillera Central, on the municipalities of Coamo and Salinas in southern Puerto Rico. The mountain range and its environment are protected from urban development through a conservation easement (servidumbre de conservación), designated as the Montes Oscuros Scenic Easement (Spanish: Servidumbre Escénica Montes Oscuros).[1][2]

Quick Facts Highest point, Peak ...

The range rises to elevations of 2,047 feet (624 m) in elevation at Piedras Chiquitas, sometimes referred to as Los Farallones. Other mountain peaks of the range include Cerro Cariblanco, Cerro Pío Juan, Cerro Respaldo and Cerro Modesto.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    United States Department of Agriculture, United States Forest Service (2019). "Inventario Detallado de Areas Protegidas y Otros mecanismos para la conservacion de terrenos en Puerto Rico" (PDF). fs.usda.gov.
  2. [2]
    Departamento de Estado del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, Fideicomiso de Conservación (2011). "Servidumbres de Conservación: una alternativa de conservación" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    "Servidumbre Escénica Montes Oscuros". PeakVisor. Retrieved 2022-01-12.


Stub icon

This Coamo, Puerto Rico location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This Salinas, Puerto Rico location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Montes_Oscuros, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.