La Tortuga
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| Waters | Caribbean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Leeward Islands | |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 56 ′ N , 65 ° 18 ′ W | |
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| length | 25 km | |
| width | 10 km | |
| surface | 156.6 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Altos de Chaguarama 40 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
La Tortuga ( Spanish Isla La Tortuga ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea , only occasionally inhabited by fishermen , about 170 km northeast of Caracas , the capital of Venezuela , and about 75 km southwest of Isla Margarita . La Tortuga has three smaller, uninhabited islands ( Cayo Herradura and the two Los Tortuguillos ). Geographically, the island belongs to the islands under the wind , administratively to the Venezuelan Dependencias Federales (federal territories).
history
Nothing is known of the discovery of Tortuga by Europeans ; At the beginning of the 17th century, the Dutch operated salt pans on Tortuga . These were driven out by the Spanish in 1638. Tortuga is not the north of Hispaniola located and today Haiti belonging Tortuga to be confused, became the historical and pirate stronghold celebrity.
On Tortuga there is a small natural runway for bush planes; this is mostly used by Venezuelans who take a weekend trip there by private plane.
In spring 2020, the island hit the headlines when the cruise ship RCGS Resolute collided with a patrol boat of the Venezuelan Navy near Tortuga on March 30, 2020 . The Resolute, designed for driving in ice, survived the collision almost unscathed. The patrol boat sank, but the crew managed to save themselves.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ German cruise ship rams off Venezuela's coast - and sinks. Spiegel Politik, April 3, 2020. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
- ↑ To get it off course? - Warship apparently rams German cruisers and sinks itself. RTL.de. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
