Geography of the Dominican Republic Geography of the Dominican Republic Bahía Escocesa is a large bay in the Dominican Republic, stretching 70 kilometres across the northeast coast from Cabrera to Cabo Cabrón. The coast of the bay is entirely within two provinces, María Trinidad Sánchez in the west, and Samaná in the south. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bahía Escocesa"
Boca Chica is a popular beach near Santo Domingo, capital city of the Dominican Republic. It is located about 30 kilometers east of Santo Domingo in the south shore of the Island of Hispaniola. ...more on Wikipedia about "Boca Chica"
This article details the geography of the Dominican Republic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geography of the Dominican Republic"
The island of Hispaniola (from Spanish, La Española) is the second-largest island of the Antilles, lying east of Cuba. Christopher Columbus arrived there on December 5, 1492, and on his second voyage in 1493 founded the first Spanish colony in the New World on it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hispaniola"
The Hispaniolan pine forests are a tropical coniferous forest ecoregion found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. The ecoregion covers 11,600 km² (4,500 square miles) or about 15% of the island. The ecoregion lies above 850 meters elevation in the mountains of Hispaniola, extending from the Cordillera Central of the Dominican Republic and into the northern massif of Haiti. It is surrounded at lower elevations by the Hispaniolan moist forests and Hispaniolan dry forests ecoregions, which covers the remainder of the island. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hispaniolan pine forests"
Navidad Bank is an area in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Dominican Republic and southeast of the Territory of Turks & Caicos. It is a shallow underwater area that almost reaches the ocean's surface, but is wholly submerged. At low tide, a few small locations appear awash at the water's surface. It is not suitable for boating navigation of any kind, except by small craft, whose operators must be extremely careful. From the earliest colonial times, the Navidad Bank has been the scene of various shipwrecks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Navidad Bank"
Saona Island is a tropical island located a short distance from the mainland on the south-east tip of the Dominican Republic, near the Bayahibe region. It is a government protected nature reserve and a popular destination for tourists from all over the Dominican Republic, who arrive in fleets of catamarans and small motorboats on organised excursions every day. The Island is famous for the natural beauty of its beaches, and has been used on many occasions by film-makers and advertisers looking for a stereotypical 'desert island' setting for their film or product. It is promoted amongst European visitors as the setting for the famous Bounty chocolate bar adverts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Saona Island"
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