An Afternoon Sailing Past Isla Alto Velo of the Dominican Republic Panoramic
by William Dickman
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An Afternoon Sailing Past Isla Alto Velo of the Dominican Republic Panoramic
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William Dickman
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Photograph - Fine Art Photograph
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Alto Velo Island is a small uninhabited island south of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea. Its maximum height is about 152 meters above sea level. It lies on an underwater mountain range which continues to Beata Island (about 12 km away, separated by the Alto Velo Channel) and the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic. It has an area of 1.02 km² and is 1.4 km long, being oval in shape.
Alto Velo and Beata Islands belong to the Jaragua National Park, the largest protected area in the Caribbean region.
The island was discovered by Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1494. The United States claimed the island, which had some strategic significance in 1860 under the Guano Islands Act; it still has never renounced the claim. This claim, however, was mostly ignored, and the island has stayed under Dominican administration since independence. (March 2021)
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June 6th, 2021
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