Topografische kaarten Puerto Rico

The island is mostly mountainous with large coastal areas in the north and south. The main mountain range is called "La Cordillera Central" (The Central Range). The highest elevation in Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta 4,390 feet (1,340 m), is located in this range.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 65 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 70 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 55 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 25 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 27 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 537 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 61 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 14 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 36 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 127 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 579 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 61 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 573 m

Culebra is characterized by an irregular topography resulting in a long intricate shoreline. The island is approximately 7 by 5 miles (11 by 8 km). The coast is marked by cliffs, sandy coral beaches and mangrove forests. Inland, the tallest point on the island is Mount Resaca, with an elevation of 636 feet…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 11 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 74 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 51 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 176 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 335 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 155 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 139 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 48 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 690 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 104 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 106 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 231 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 368 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 38 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 39 m

Culebra is characterized by an irregular topography resulting in a long intricate shoreline. The island is approximately 7 by 5 miles (11 by 8 km). The coast is marked by cliffs, sandy coral beaches and mangrove forests. Inland, the tallest point on the island is Mount Resaca, with an elevation of 636 feet…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4 m

The municipality of Yabucoa is located in the south-eastern coast of Puerto Rico. The Valley of Yabucoa is surrounded by the hills of the San Lorenzo Batholith on three sides and by the Caribbean Sea on the fourth. The hills surrounding the Yabucoa Valley as well as the bedrock underlying the alluvium in the…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 119 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 66 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 781 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 510 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 138 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 314 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 690 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 122 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 119 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 5 m

Camuy belongs to the zone designated as the plateau of the northwest where the terrain is level and known as the Valley of Quebradillas. It is located in the Northern Karst zone of Puerto Rico. In the interior of the municipality the topography becomes very irregular near Cibao. This strip of land, a zone of…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 178 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 188 m

Dorado is located in Puerto Rico's Northern Karst region. Much of its geology consists of alluvial and coastal/estuarine sediments of Quaternary age and limestones of Tertiary age. The limestones are mostly in the south part of the municipality, in Espinosa, Maguayo and Rio Lajas barrios. These limestones…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 33 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 113 m

Economic prosperity in the 1920s stimulated tourism to Florida and related development of hotels and resort communities. Combined with its sudden elevation in profile was the Florida land boom of the 1920s, which brought a brief period of intense land development. In 1925, the Seaboard Air Line broke the FEC's…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 198 m

The mountain is part of the Cordillera Central and is located on the border between the municipalities of Jayuya and Ponce. The access road to the point closest to the highest elevation is from the municipality of Jayuya. It is part of the Toro Negro Forest Reserve, and it has been described as "an alpine…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 1.021 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 241 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 623 m

Mona is a mainly flat plateau surrounded by sea cliffs. It is composed of dolomite and limestone with many caves found throughout. With an arid climate and untouched by human development, many endemic species inhabit the island, such as the Mona ground iguana (Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri). Its topography,…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 26 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 331 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 47 m

Cayey's climate is humid, rainy and mild compared to lower-elevation areas of the island, the area of the town is nearly 1,500 feet (460 m) high, so the climate is subtropical high. In summer average high Temperatures are around 82 °F to 88 °F and 70 °F to 78 °F in winter, and low around 68 °F to 72 °F…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 489 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 577 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 28 m

The elevations range from 200 to 490 feet (60 to 150 meters) above sea level, with most of its highest parts located in the south. The rest of the area is mostly plain. The northern part of Toa Baja is characterized for its mangroves and marshes, while the southern part is classified as typical karst area.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 32 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 132 m

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Utuado's population continued to grow as coffee gained in importance and growers saw the need for high altitudes and mountainous terrain to produce the best coffee beans. People not only migrated from the Puerto Rican coastal towns but also from Ireland (founder…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 481 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 95 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 65 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 274 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 30 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 153 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 297 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 131 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 441 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 184 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 239 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 72 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 387 m

Elevations include Cerro de Punta at 4,390 feet (1,338 m), the highest in Puerto Rico, located in Barrio Anón in the territory of the municipality of Ponce. Mount Jayuya, at 4,314 feet (1,315 m) is located on the boundary between Barrio Anón and Barrio Saliente in Jayuya. Cerro Maravilla, at nearly 3,970…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 211 m

Mayagüez has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen climate classification Am). The city has the most extreme weather of the island. The high frequency of severe storms in the summer can produce strong winds, floods, waterspouts, and sometimes hail and even tornadoes. The average annual temperature is 75 °F (24…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 93 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 35 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 143 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 8 m

As with other parts of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, San Juan is often blanketed by waves of Saharan dust coming from the Sahara across the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Africa. Although beneficial to the tropical environment, these dust storms have recently become hazardous to human health causing haze and…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 59 m

Culebra is characterized by an irregular topography resulting in a long intricate shoreline. The island is approximately 7 by 5 miles (11 by 8 km). The coast is marked by cliffs, sandy coral beaches and mangrove forests. Inland, the tallest point on the island is Mount Resaca, with an elevation of 636 ft…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 16 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 78 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 766 m

Humacao is located in the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. It is bordered by the municipalities of Naguabo to the north, Yabucoa to the south, and Las Piedras to the west. The Atlantic Ocean borders the city in the east. Humacao is located in the region of the Eastern Coastal Plains, with most of its territory…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 69 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 73 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 153 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 173 m

A category 5, and high-end category 4 Hurricane Maria when it hit Puerto Rico, on September 20, 2017 triggered numerous landslides in Cidra. A week before Hurricane Irma, another category 5 had passed over Puerto Rico causing some damage. With Hurricane María, some areas of Cidra experienced more than 25…

Gemiddelde hoogte: 417 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 44 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 2 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 69 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 99 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 42 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 129 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 135 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 135 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 632 m

Villalba is located in the central region of Puerto Rico, on a valley in the Cordillera Central. The highest point in the municipality is Cerro El Bolo at 3,526 feet (1,075 m) of elevation.

Gemiddelde hoogte: 406 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 633 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 163 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 6 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 7 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 4 m

Gemiddelde hoogte: 6 m