Isla San Gabriel
| Isla San Gabriel | ||
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| Waters | Río de la Plata | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 28 '24 " S , 57 ° 53' 22" W | |
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| length | 1.1 km | |
| width | 450 m | |
| surface | 24 ha | |
The Isla San Gabriel is in the Río de la Plata located Uruguayan island.
The approximately 24 hectare island is located about 3 km from San Pedro near Colonia del Sacramento . On the northern side of Isla San Gabriel, which is overgrown with trees, there is a small cement pier, which allows boats with up to 1.5 m draft to anchor there.
On December 28, 1995, it was declared a National Park ( Parque Nacional ) by law ( Ley ) 15,939 . In December 2005, together with Isla Farallón, it was named the Monumento Histórico Nacional .
Web links
- La Isla de San Gabriel y sus misterios (Spanish), accessed July 21, 2012
- Los últimos pobladores de la isla San Gabriel (Spanish), accessed July 21, 2012
- Equipo de Humanidades presentó informe sobre investigación arqueológica en Isla San Gabriel (Spanish), accessed on July 21, 2012
- Image of the island
- En el siglo XVI autorizaron a marinero a instalar hospedaje en isla San Gabriel on larepublica.com.uy
Individual evidence
- ↑ Document of the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture - Asunto N ° 125 ( Memento of the original dated November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), accessed on July 21, 2012 (PDF; 120 kB)
- ↑ Dos islas del Plata, frente a Colonia, fueron declaradas Monumento Histórico (Spanish) in La República of January 16, 2006, accessed on July 21, 2012
- ↑ Estudian atractivos de isla San Gabriel ( Memento of the original from January 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El País on December 17, 2010, accessed July 21, 2012
