Isla de San Andrés
- ISS006-E-14568
- 01 January 2003
- 18:56 UTC
Isla de San Andrés is the largest and most important island of the San Andrés Archipelago; the island measures 12 km in length with a width of 3 km and covers an area of 26 km². San Andrés is located 80 km southwest of the Isla de Providencia, 190 km west of the Nicaraguan coast of Central America, and over 700 km northwest of the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
Like its neighbouring island of Providencia, San Andrés consists of sedimentary rocks that have been laid down upon a former volcano of ancient origins. It consists of a chain of low hills, forming a central spine to the island, which is in turn bordered by a low coastal plain.
