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7 unusual facts about Culebra


Ceiba, Puerto Rico

The municipality extends northwest into the seas between Fajardo and Culebra and thereby includes the reefs and islets named Arrecifes Hermanos and Arrecifes Barriles.

Culebra

Culebra Peak, the southernmost fourteener in Colorado, United States

Culebra Cut, formerly called Gaillard Cut, an artificial valley in the Panama Canal

Dion Williams

Returning to MCB Quantico in 1921, he assumed command of the 4th Marine Brigade as part of the East Coast Expeditionary Force participating in the ongoing advanced base exercises held by the Navy's North Atlantic Fleet on Culebra.

Frank E. Beatty

Two commands followed in succession: first, the nautical school ship Saratoga and then Gloucester, before he became Commander, Naval Base, Culebra, Puerto Rico, in February 1904, with additional duty commanding Gloucester.

Frank H. Brumby

Brumby commanded the Grey Fleet, assigned to defend against an amphibious assault by the Blue force commanded by Admiral Joseph M. Reeves, whose objective was to take one or all of Ponce, San Juan, Culebra and St. Thomas, and who finally succeeded in landing Marines on Culebra on the fifth and last day of the exercise.

Puerto Rican Socialist Party

The MPI and PSP launched campaigns against US military bases on the island, including campaigns against bombing drills by the US Navy on Vieques and Culebra, and against environmental destruction.


Cataño Ferry

While this was made mostly to enhance service between Culebra, Fajardo and Vieques, the deal also included the "Lancha de Cataño" service.

Culebra Road

Culebra Road is a street in Bexar County, Texas, near San Antonio.

Eugenia fajardensis

Today it is limited to the northeastern corner of the island, specifically in the municipality of Fajardo within the Northeast Ecological Corridor, and to the island-municipalities of Vieques and Culebra.

Fox's mountain meadow snake

Fox's mountain meadow snake (Adelophis foxi, meaning "Fox's hidden snake") (Culebra-de vega de Fox in Spanish) is an oviparous colubrid snake described by Douglas A. Rossman and Richard M. Blaney in 1968.

Raymond York

On January 13, 2000, the 66-year-old became the first jockey to ride in seven different decades when he rode a 4-year-old gelding named Culebra to a tenth-place finish in a seven-furlong claiming race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.


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