{{short description|Pit cave in Isabela, Puerto Rico}} thumb|right|Pozo de Jacinto, Barrio Bajura, Isabela, Puerto Rico {{sidebar Tourism in Puerto Rico}}
'''Pozo de Jacinto''' (''Jacinto's Pit Cave'') is a blowhole located at Barrio Bajuras in the northwestern side Puerto Rican municipality of Isabela on Puerto Rico Highway 466.
== Description == Pozo de Jacinto is at Barrio Bajura which is near Crash Boat Beach in Aguadilla, which borders Isabela. It's a blowhole, or limestone rock with an orifice through which ocean waves shoot up.<ref>{{cite web | title=The 6 best surfing spots in Puerto Rico you should check out | website=Red Bull | date=October 15, 2020 | url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/best-surf-spots-in-puerto-rico | access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref><ref name="EV" />
==Folklore== A jíbaro named Jacinto often went near the cave to eat his lunch, keeping the cow's leash tied around his waist. One day, loud thunder scared the cow and he ran, fell down the pit pulling Jacinto with him and both drowned. If Jacinto's name is called and mention of the cow is made, the ocean becomes furious and churns wildly in response.<ref name="EV_Legend_2016">{{cite news |title=La leyenda del Pozo de Jacinto |url=https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/la-leyenda-del-pozo-de-jacinto/article_eeacaae6-d4d8-507d-a8b9-8cf8bf20a5ee.html |access-date=18 February 2019 |work=El Vocero |date=May 26, 2016 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://enciclopediapr.org/ruta-marina/puntas/pozo-jacinto-isabela/|title=Pozo de Jacinto, Isabela - Ruta Marina | EnciclopediaPR|access-date=2019-07-15|archive-date=2019-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716141209/https://enciclopediapr.org/ruta-marina/puntas/pozo-jacinto-isabela/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="EV">{{cite news | last=Cruz Ríos | first=Melissa | title=Nuevo 'ride' turístico en Isabela | newspaper=El Vocero de Puerto Rico | date=January 30, 2021 | url=https://www.elvocero.com/actualidad/nuevo-ride-tur-stico-en-isabela/article_1213dca4-6313-11eb-8279-2fd8c440f477.html | language=es | access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref>
==See also== * Folklore of Puerto Rico * Barrio Bajuras *Jobos Beach
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== External links == *[https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&t=h&ll=18.515000,-67.073877&spn=0.001325,0.002379&z=19 Global Location] at Google Maps *[http://mapq.st/jMKRq8 Driving Location] at Mapquest
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Category:Isabela, Puerto Rico Category:Surfing locations in Puerto Rico Category:Puerto Rican legends Category:Supernatural legends Category:Places in folklore Category:Blowholes
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