Los Frailes Archipelago

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The Islas Los Frailes are an archipelago of rock islets with sparse scrub vegetation belonging to the Federal dependencies of Venezuela, part of Venezuela. The flotilla of Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda sighted in 1499 the archipelago composed of ten islands: The largest island is called Fraile Grande or Puerto Real and is 2,200 m long and occupies 1.92 km2. The southern islet has an elevation of 91 m. About 8 km north of Los Failes is Roca del Norte (North Rock), which is 3 m high.

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