Wide view of Playa Brava, Culebra, Puerto Rico.

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Playa Brava

Culebra · Puerto Rico

The short version, from the cited sources

Culebra's main leatherback nesting beach, remote and undeveloped on the exposed north coast. Volunteers patrol it nightly through the April-to-June nesting season.

Country
Puerto Rico (PR)
Region
North America
Sand
Pale
Water
Exposed atlantic, heavy surf
Administrative area
Culebra
Timezone
America/Puerto_Rico
Source family
GeoNames
Source updated
2015-08-03

Names in the record

Playa Brava

  • Brava Beach

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  • Live weather, tide and water-quality feeds

Source position

18.33051, -65.28571

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  1. GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗

    Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.

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