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'''La Tortuga Island''' (in [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Isla La Tortuga'' ; "La Tortuga" means "the turtle") is an uninhabited island dependent on the government of [[Venezuela]]. It is part of a chain of islands that include the [[Tortuguillas]], the [[Palaquines]], and others. Has an area of 156 km²<ref>http://www.guiaviajesvirtual.com/index_dependenciasfederales.php?recharge=rutaturistica</ref><ref>Vila, Marco Aurelio. 1967: Aspectos geográficos de las Dependencias Federales. Corporación Venezolana de Fomento. Caracas. 115p.</ref><ref>Cervigon, Fernando. 1995: Las Dependencias Federales. Academia Nacional de la Historia. Caracas. 193p.</ref><ref>Hernández Caballero, Serafín (Editor). 1998: Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. 10 volúmenes. ISBN 980-6427-00-9 ISBN 980-6427-10-6</ref>
'''La Tortuga Island''' ({{Langx|es|Isla La Tortuga}}; "La Tortuga" means literally "the [[turtle]]") is an uninhabited island of [[Venezuela]], the largest in the [[Federal Dependencies of Venezuela]]. It is part of a group of islands that include the [[Tortuguillos]] and [[Cayo Herradura]]. Isla La Tortuga has an area of {{convert|156|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.guiaviajesvirtual.com/index_dependenciasfederales.php?recharge=rutaturistica | title= Dependencias Federales: Guía de Viajes Y Turismo de las Dependencia Federales - Archipiélago de Los Roques| trans-title= Federal agencies Guide Travel And Tourism Federal Unit - Los Roques Archipelago | website= guiaviajesvirtual.com | language= Spanish| accessdate= 15 September 2015}}</ref><ref>Vila, Marco Aurelio. 1967: ''Aspectos geográficos de las Dependencias Federales''. Corporación Venezolana de Fomento. Caracas. 115p.</ref><ref>Cervigon, Fernando. 1995: ''Las Dependencias Federales''. Academia Nacional de la Historia. Caracas. 193p.</ref><ref>Hernández Caballero, Serafín (Editor). 1998: ''Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela''. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. 10 volumes. {{ISBN|980-6427-00-9}} {{ISBN|980-6427-10-6}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The island was visited by [[Amerindians]] from the coast of present-day Venezuela to exploit its natural resources including salt, fish and turtles, well before [[Spanish colonization of the New World]]. It is not known by which European explorer the island was first seen and named, yet the name derives from the large numbers of [[marine turtles]] that come to lay eggs on its long sandy beaches every year.<ref>Antczak, Maria Magdalena and Andrzej Antczak. 2006: ''[https://books.google.com/books/about/Los_%C3%ADdolos_de_las_islas_prometidas.html?id=6X-yISvWdTYC&hl=en Los Ídolos de las Islas Prometidas, Arqueología Prehispánica del Archipiélago de Los Roques]''. Editorial Equinoccio, Caracas. 630 p.</ref>
It was discovered in [[1499]] by [[Alonso de Ojeda]]. On his second trip, together with Amerigo Vespucci, the island was named ''isla La Tortuga'' by [[Amerigo Vespucci]] because of the enormous presence of [[turtles]] on the island.
[[File:Cayo herradura isla la tortuga Venezuela.jpg|thumb|Cayo Herradura]]
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The island was seasonally visited by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] who came there to exploit the [[salt evaporation ponds]] on the east of the island between 1624 and 1638. They constructed a fort on the island to guard their salt works and repel the [[Spanish empire|Spanish]] who were eager to keep the Dutch off the island. They were definitively expelled in 1638 when the Spanish governor of [[Cumaná]], [[Benito Arias Montano]], and his forces destroyed their facilities and flooded the [[salt pan (geology)|salt pans]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Antczak|first=Andrzej|last2=Antczak|first2=Konrad A.|last3=Antczak|first3=Ma Magdalena|date=2015-05-04|title=Risky business: historical archaeology of the Dutch salt enterprise on La Tortuga Island, Venezuela (1624–38)|journal=Post-Medieval Archaeology|volume=49|issue=2|pages=189–219|doi=10.1080/00794236.2015.1124193|issn=0079-4236|doi-access=free|hdl=10230/53024|hdl-access=free}}</ref>


Since then, with the exception of fishermen who visit the island seasonally, the island has remained unpopulated and largely untouched. There is some tourism on the island.
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The island was seasonally populated by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] who came there to exploit the [[salt evaporation ponds]] on the east of the island as of the [[1550]]s. They constructed a fort on the island to guard their salt works and reapers against the [[Spanish empire|Spanish]] who were eager to keep the Dutch off the island. They were definitively expelled in [[1631]] when the Spanish governor of Cumaná destroyed their facilities and flooded the [[salt pan (geology)|salt pans]].


==Gallery==
Since then the island has not had a permanent population and its location and [[geomorphology|morphology]] have remained untouched, which makes the island one of the last somewhat virgin places of Venezuela although there is tourism on the island.
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Federal Dependencies of Venezuela]]
*[[Federal Dependencies of Venezuela]]
*[[List of marine molluscs of Venezuela]]
*[[List of marine molluscs of Venezuela]]
*[[List of Poriferans of Venezuela]]
*[[List of Poriferans of Venezuela]]
*[[Cariaco Basin]]
*[[Cariaco Basin]]
On August 14, 1992 the Venezuelan government forced some of the Mariusans, a group of indigenous people, to be quarantined to the island. The Mariusans had suffered from Cholera in the Delta region of the Orinoco River. Many fled the Delta and headed to the city of Barrancas, in order to receive proper medical assistance. The Barrancas officials forced the refugees to be quarantined in the Eloy Palacios High School. After fourteen days in quarantine the Guardia Nacional arrived to bring the refugees to La Tortuga Island. There were residents already on the island, which is regularly a stopover when travelling from Mariusa to Barrancas. On the island there was forest that had been cleared for agriculture and cattle. At the time of the refugees arrival there were some government constructed wooden houses.(5)

Please notice that there is a mistake to include this paragraf on the Tortuga Island description, since it refers to an Island located at the Orinoco river delta which has nothing to do with the Tortuga Island located at the sea, in front of the Venezuelan coast. I suggest to delete this part from the above mentioned place and to locate it on the reference to the Orinoco delta Tortuga island.


==References==
==References==

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==External links==
Oficial Website about the Island - http://tortuga-island.com/en
*[http://tortuga-island.com/en Official website]
*[http://www.fundacionlatortuga.org/ La Tortuga Foundation]


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Latest revision as of 21:13, 20 October 2024

For other islands with similar names, see Tortuga Island.
La Tortuga Island
Native name:
Isla La Tortuga
A beach on La Tortuga island
Map
Geography
LocationCaribbean Sea
Coordinates10°55′54″N 65°18′29″W / 10.93167°N 65.30806°W / 10.93167; -65.30806
Major islands1
Area156.60 km2 (60.46 sq mi)
Highest elevation45 m (148 ft)
Highest pointAltos de Garambeo
Administration
Federal dependencies of Venezuela

La Tortuga Island (Spanish: Isla La Tortuga; "La Tortuga" means literally "the turtle") is an uninhabited island of Venezuela, the largest in the Federal Dependencies of Venezuela. It is part of a group of islands that include the Tortuguillos and Cayo Herradura. Isla La Tortuga has an area of 156 km2 (60 sq mi).[1][2][3][4]

History

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The island was visited by Amerindians from the coast of present-day Venezuela to exploit its natural resources including salt, fish and turtles, well before Spanish colonization of the New World. It is not known by which European explorer the island was first seen and named, yet the name derives from the large numbers of marine turtles that come to lay eggs on its long sandy beaches every year.[5]

Cayo Herradura

The island was seasonally visited by the Dutch who came there to exploit the salt evaporation ponds on the east of the island between 1624 and 1638. They constructed a fort on the island to guard their salt works and repel the Spanish who were eager to keep the Dutch off the island. They were definitively expelled in 1638 when the Spanish governor of Cumaná, Benito Arias Montano, and his forces destroyed their facilities and flooded the salt pans.[6]

Since then, with the exception of fishermen who visit the island seasonally, the island has remained unpopulated and largely untouched. There is some tourism on the island.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dependencias Federales: Guía de Viajes Y Turismo de las Dependencia Federales - Archipiélago de Los Roques" [Federal agencies Guide Travel And Tourism Federal Unit - Los Roques Archipelago]. guiaviajesvirtual.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  2. ^ Vila, Marco Aurelio. 1967: Aspectos geográficos de las Dependencias Federales. Corporación Venezolana de Fomento. Caracas. 115p.
  3. ^ Cervigon, Fernando. 1995: Las Dependencias Federales. Academia Nacional de la Historia. Caracas. 193p.
  4. ^ Hernández Caballero, Serafín (Editor). 1998: Gran Enciclopedia de Venezuela. Editorial Globe, C.A. Caracas. 10 volumes. ISBN 980-6427-00-9 ISBN 980-6427-10-6
  5. ^ Antczak, Maria Magdalena and Andrzej Antczak. 2006: Los Ídolos de las Islas Prometidas, Arqueología Prehispánica del Archipiélago de Los Roques. Editorial Equinoccio, Caracas. 630 p.
  6. ^ Antczak, Andrzej; Antczak, Konrad A.; Antczak, Ma Magdalena (2015-05-04). "Risky business: historical archaeology of the Dutch salt enterprise on La Tortuga Island, Venezuela (1624–38)". Post-Medieval Archaeology. 49 (2): 189–219. doi:10.1080/00794236.2015.1124193. hdl:10230/53024. ISSN 0079-4236.
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