Los Frailes Archipelago

{{Short description|Archipelago of rock islets of Venezuela}}

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| location =Caribbean sea

| archipelago = Los Frailes

| total_islands = 10

| major_islands = Isla Fraile Grande

| area_km2 =1.92

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| country = {{flagicon|VEN}} Venezuela

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The Islas Los Frailes are an archipelago of rock islets with sparse scrub vegetation belonging to the Federal dependencies of Venezuela, part of Venezuela.Vila, Marco Aurelio. 1967: Aspectos geográficos de las Dependencias Federales. Corporación Venezolana de Fomento. Caracas. 115p.Cervigon, Fernando. 1995: Las Dependencias Federales. Academia Nacional de la Historia. Caracas. 193p.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}}Lecuna, Vicente. 1960: Crónica razonada de las guerras de Bolívar. The Colonial Books, New York. 3 volúmenes.Jurado Toro, Bernardo. 1980: Bolívar y el mar. Edición del Banco Central de Venezuela. Caracas. 183p.Vargas, Francisco Alejandro. 1983: Nuestros héroes navales. Comandancia General de la Armada. Caracas. 2 volúmenes.

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.