Beata Island

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Isla Beata is an uninhabited island located in the Caribbean Sea, south of the counting of the Greater Antilles, Hispaniola. It is 27 km ² to Isla Saona is the second largest island of the Dominican Republic and belongs to the province of Pedernales. The triangular shaped and nearly flat island located about six kilometers southwest of Cabo Beata, the southernmost point of Hispaniola, and is separated by the Canal de la Beata. However, it does not yet represent the southernmost territory of the Dominican Republic, as 11.6 km in the southwest still the small island Alto Velo is further, beyond the Canal de Alto Velo.

The island was discovered in 1494 on Christopher Columbus' second voyage to Europe and was originally inhabited by the Taíno. On Isla Beata cattle was operated until the 19th century, mainly to supply Spanish ships on the way to and from the South American continent with provisions. From about 1870 to the 1960s, the island of salt pans were operated on the north coast. The now uninhabited island is occasionally visited by fishermen. It is part of the Jaragua National Park, the largest protected area in the Caribbean.