Sierra Bermeja is a mountain range in southwestern Puerto Rico. It forms the southern boundary of the Lajas Valley and it is bordered by La Parguera in the Caribbean Sea coast. It extends from the municipality of Cabo Rojo in the west to Lajas in the east. It consists of a combination of volcanic rocks, completely crossed by serpentinite and amphibolite faults, which could well be the oldest known rock in Puerto Rico. The mountains were used by the Taíno people[1] as refuge from the Spanish, and then by smugglers during the Spanish colonization.[citation needed]
The Sierra Bermeja is the nesting place of many species that feed in the Laguna Cartagena. These hills are among a few forested areas of the southwestern coastal plain, characterized by its aridity. As a result, the Sierra provides the requirements for a large quantity of wildlife established in the area, many of it endangered.
In 2015, volunteers searched the area for a meteorite that, according to NASA, may have landed in Sierra Bermeja.[2] Development in the region had become a threat to the area, despite being one of the most important natural areas in Puerto Rico.
[1] In June 2018, funds were earmarked for universities in Puerto Rico to use for research of the Sierra Bermeja region.[3] Local folklore surrounding the area says there is a secret UFO base somewhere in the Sierra Bermeja.[4][5]
Conservation efforts have been ongoing, spearheaded by the US Fish and Wildlife and landowners.[6] The highest point of this range is located on Cerro Mariquita within the municipality of Cabo Rojo.
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of the Penibaetic System, including the Sierra de Mijas, Sierra Alpujata, Sierra Blanca, SierraBermeja, Sierra Crestallina and Montes de Málaga to the...
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delimited by the cordillera Penibética (Sierra de Mijas, Sierra Alpujata, Sierra Blanca, SierraBermeja, Sierra Crestallina) to the north and the Mediterranean...
valley crossed by small streams and a mountainous areas dominated by the SierraBermeja, which reaches an elevation of 1,449 m at the peak of Los Reales. Estepona...
from two locations in the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge and the SierraBermeja. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It...
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are approximately 190 million years old (Jurassic) and are located at SierraBermeja in the southwest part of the island. These rocks may represent part...
are approximately 190 million years old (Jurassic) and are located at SierraBermeja in the southwest part of the island. These rocks may represent part...
up by Manolo el Rubio (Pablo Pérez Hidalgo), which operated in the Sierra de Bermeja near Cádiz, and at its peak boasted a force of 50 resistance fighters...
southern coast, and even then with great difficulty. For example, in SierraBermeja, Granada in 1501, an option of exile was offered as an alternative to...
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was formed from volcanism in the Cretaceous Period. Rock samples from SierraBermeja in southwestern Puerto Rico, dated to the late Jurassic/early Cretaceous...
are approximately 190 million years old (Jurassic) and are located at SierraBermeja in the southwest part of the island. They may represent part of the...
is an eclogite formed at a pressure of 1.5 GPa. Two massifs, SierraBermeja and Sierra Alpujata have been rotated by 40° to the west since their solidification...
summit of Cerro Mariquita in the SierraBermeja. [1]. Known only from the summit of Cerro Mariquita in the SierraBermeja. [2]. Francis, John K. and Lowe...
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