1957 Map of Cabo Rojo

About this map

The southwestern tip of Puerto Rico is defined by the limestone cliffs of Cabo Rojo, where a historic Faro stands watch over the meeting of the Mona Passage and the Caribbean Sea. This 1957 revision reveals a landscape shaped by coastal industry and local education, notably the presence of several Salinas (salt flats) that line the shores of Bahia Salinas and Bahia Sucia. Inland, the terrain rises sharply into the Sierra Bermeja and the Peñones De Melones, overlooking the coastal plains of Llanos Costa. Small communities like El Combate, Corozo, and Pole Ojea are connected by local roads, with the Escuela Sebastián Pabón Alves serving as a central landmark for the rural population. The map captures a transition between the maritime environment and the agricultural foothills before modern development altered the coastline.