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Vieques
A Navy range turned wildlife refuge, with the brightest bay on Earth.
- Population
- 8,249 (2020 census)
- Navy years
- 1941–2003
- Mosquito Bay record
- 2006
Then
- 1843
Isabel Segunda is founded. The Spanish later build Fortín Conde de Mirasol.
- 1854
Vieques is formally annexed to Puerto Rico.
- 1941
The Navy takes almost 80 percent of the island, and the sugar industry collapses.
- 1999
A stray bomb kills David Sanes, setting off years of protest.
- 2003
The Navy leaves, and much of the island becomes a wildlife refuge.
Now
Guinness named Mosquito Bay the world's brightest bioluminescent bay. This place covers Isabel Segunda, Esperanza and the whole island.