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Latiin America Today - May 2008

Fort San Felipe del Morro

May 21st 2008 14:24
El Morro
Fort San Felipe del Morro —or El Castillo San Felipe del Morro called in our Spanish Language. Constructed in the sixteenth-century by the Spaniards and lies on the northwestern-most point of the islet of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Named in honor of King Philip II of Spain, the fort, also referred to as "El Morro" or "promontory", was designed to guard the entrance to San Juan bay, and defend the city of San Juan from seaborne enemies.


In 1983, the fort was declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations and is part of San Juan National Historic Site. Over two million visitors a year explore the windswept ramparts and passageways making the fort one of Puerto Rico's main visitor attractions.

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Facing "El Morro", on the opposite side of the bay, a smaller fort known as "El Cañuelo" complemented the fort's defense of the entrance to the bay. (see picture)
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Puerto Rico Ditch

May 2nd 2008 12:52
When I was a little girl, I was so amazed of how deep our sea floor is, especially by the North West of the island. Look at the bathymetric image for today is a point of view of the North American and Caribbean plate boundary focused on the northeast part of the Caribbean Plate.

The image below is from the Caribbean earthquake and tsunami hazards studies page of the USGS’s Woods Hole Science Center.





The Puerto Rico Trench reaches water depths greater than 8 km making it the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean (the Marianas Trench gets to 11 km in case you’re wondering). The North American Plate is sub ducting underneath Caribbean Plate. In the view above, the main sub duction zone where the plate motions are more orthogonal are further south. This view is where the arc starts to curve around to the west.
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