Native name: Isla de Ratones | |
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![]() Isla Ratones, as seen from Barrio Canas, Ponce, PR | |
Geography | |
Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Coordinates | 17°57′18″N 66°40′53″W / 17.95500°N 66.68139°W |
Area | 0.03 km2 (0.012 sq mi) |
Administration | |
Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
Municipality | Ponce |
Barrio | Playa |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 |
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Isla de Ratones (Spanish for mice island) is a small uninhabited island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico, off the coast of Ponce. The island is part of barrio Canas in the municipality of Ponce.[1][2] The island gained attention in 2010 when the Puerto Rican Bird Society made it a target for the eradication of the black rat. While named as one single island, it is actually composed of two islands separated by a few feet of shallow water during high tide, which become a single island at low tide.