Landmark· Las Cucarachas· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Las Cucarachas and Los Farallones
18° 24.0′ N · 65° 36.7′ W
The bare rocks at the northwest end of La Cordillera, a mile off Cabo San Juan: Las Cucarachas carries the light that marks the entrance to Vieques Sound, and the 30-ft Farallones lie 0.8 mile east.
Practical
Position is Las Cucarachas (OpenStreetMap). Coast Pilot 5: Las Cucarachas, rocks up to 15 ft a mile north of Cabo San Juan, carry a light on a skeleton tower with a green and white diamond daymark; a shoal of 14 to 30 ft runs 0.9 mile northwest of the light and a rock awash lies 0.2 mile northwest. Los Farallones (18.398 N, 65.599 W per OpenStreetMap) are rugged bare rocks 30 ft high, with deep water close to their north and west sides but a shoal with bare rocks extending to Cayo Icacos. These rocks bracket the Pasaje de San Juan and Pasaje Cucaracha.
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Landmarks for entering Vieques Sound from San Juan