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Penon de Ponce

Coordinates : 17°58′47.4594″N 66°41′54.4806″W  /  17.979849833°N 66.698466833°W  / 17.979849833; -66.698466833
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Penon de Ponce
Peñón de Ponce is located in Puerto Rico
Peñón de Ponce
Penon de Ponce
Location in Puerto Rico
Highest point
Elevation 335 ft (102 m) [1]
Prominence 335 ft (102 m) [2]
Coordinates 17°58′47.4594″N 66°41′54.4806″W  /  17.979849833°N 66.698466833°W  / 17.979849833; -66.698466833 [3]
Geography
Location Ponce, Puerto Rico
Climbing
Easiest route PR-2 , km 220.1, Sector Las Cucharas , Barrio Canas , Ponce, Puerto Rico

Penon de Ponce is a boulder [4] in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico , located in the western coastal section of the municipality, in Sector Punta Cucharas , Barrio Canas , immediately north of Puerto Rico Highway 2 (PR-2), kilometer 220.1. The Penon de Ponce promontory separates the Port of Tallaboa from the plains that give access to the municipality of Ponce. [5]

History [ edit ]

The hill has been on record at least since 1788 when Inigo Abbad used it to describe the distance (2 leguas , or 2 hours walking distance) to the village of Ponce relative to this landmark feature. [6]

Location and geology [ edit ]

The hill is located at coordinates 17° 58' 47.5", -66° 41' 54.5", in an area known to Ponce Cement for its limestone value. [7] There is a correctional center and a Holiday Inn Hotel on neighboring hills.

In the fine arts [ edit ]

In 1855, poet Federico Matos, father of Felix Matos Bernier and Rafael Matos Bernier , composed the following short poem in Spanish about this hill. [8] The poem, titled "En el Penon de Ponce" , appeared on the 22 May 1858 issue of El Fenix newspaper in Ponce, and was dedicated to Matos's friend Martin Travieso. [9]

En el Penon de Ponce

"Meditacion,
El fastidio y el dolor.
Al bello sexo,
Las Crinolinas.
A Cartagena,
El Penon de Ponce."
"Reflection,
Nuisance and pain.
To the beautiful sex,
The Crinolines .
To Cartagena,
The Penon de Ponce."

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Penon de Ponce" . U.S. Geological Survey. 13 February 1981 . Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
  2. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Penon de Ponce" . U.S. Geological Survey. 13 February 1981 . Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
  3. ^ "Penon de Ponce" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 11 March 2019 .
  4. ^ Francisco Lluch Mora. Origenes y Fundacion de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Second Edition. 2006. p. 65. ISBN   1563281724
  5. ^ Francisco Lluch Mora. Origenes y Fundacion de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Second Edition. 2006. p. 65. ISBN   1563281724
  6. ^ Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994. p. 179.
  7. ^ Rafael Pico. Nueva Geografia de Puerto Rico: fisica, economica y social. 1975.
  8. ^ Emilio J. Pasarell. Esculcando el Siglo XIX en Puerto Rico. Barcelona: Manuel Pareja Press. 1967. pp. 27-28.
  9. ^ Socorro Guiron. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XIX. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. page 91.

Further reading [ edit ]

  • Francisco Lluch Mora. Origenes y Fundacion de Ponce. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial Plaza Mayor. Second Edition. 2006. p. 127. ISBN   1563281724

External links [ edit ]

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