{{Short description|Archipelago of rock islets of Venezuela}} {{Infobox islands | name = Los Frailes | image_name = Los frailes.jpg | image_caption = Los Frailes | image_size = 290px | locator_map = | locator_map_size = | native_name = | native_name_link = | nickname = | location =Caribbean sea | archipelago = Los Frailes | total_islands = 10 | major_islands = Isla Fraile Grande | area_km2 =1.92 | length_km = | width_km = | coastline_km = | highest_mount = | elevation_m = | country = {{flagicon|VEN}} Venezuela |country_admin_divisions_title = Status |country_admin_divisions =Federal Dependency | population =6 (approximately) | population_as_of = | density_km2 = | ethnic_groups = | additional_info = }} The '''Islas Los Frailes''' are an archipelago of rock islets with sparse scrub vegetation belonging to the Federal dependencies of Venezuela, part of Venezuela.<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><ref>Lecuna, Vicente. 1960: Crónica razonada de las guerras de Bolívar. The Colonial Books, New York. 3 volúmenes.</ref><ref>Jurado Toro, Bernardo. 1980: Bolívar y el mar. Edición del Banco Central de Venezuela. Caracas. 183p.</ref><ref>Vargas, Francisco Alejandro. 1983: Nuestros héroes navales. Comandancia General de la Armada. Caracas. 2 volúmenes.</ref>
The flotilla of Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda sighted in 1499 the archipelago composed of ten islands: * Chepere * Guacaraida * Isla Fraile Grande * Nabobo * Cominoto * Macarare * Guairiare * Guacaraida * La Balandra * La Peche
The largest island is called Fraile Grande or Puerto Real and is {{convert|2,200|m|0|abbr=out}} long and occupies {{convert|1.92|km2|2|abbr=on}}. The southern islet has an elevation of {{convert|91|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. About {{convert|8|km|mi|spell=in}} north of Los Failes is Roca del Norte (North Rock), which is {{convert|3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} high.
==See also== *Federal Dependencies of Venezuela *List of marine molluscs of Venezuela *List of Poriferans of Venezuela
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links== {{commonscat|Los Frailes Archipelago}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080621163718/http://www.hfdx.org/Frailes/frailes1.html Los Frailes]; hfdx.org
{{coord|11|12|N|63|45|W|region:VE_type:isle|display=title}} {{Administrative divisions of Venezuela}}
Los Frailes Category:Venezuelan islands of the Leeward Antilles
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