El Yunque is a 575-metre-high (1,886ft) mountain located 7km (4.3mi) west of Baracoa and the Baracoa Bay in Cuba's Guantanamo Province. It has a table mountain shape that resembles an anvil ("yunque" in Spanish).
El Yunque was mentioned by Christopher Columbus in his chronicles about the discovery of the Americas.[2] The Yunque is situated between the banks of the rivers Duaba and Toa, it is 1,125m (3,691ft) long and has a total area of 461,000m2 (4,960,000sqft).
El Yunque was declared a National Monument by the Cuban National Commission of Monuments on December 25, 1979.[1]
El Yunque is covered with Cuban moist forests and the lower slopes are planted with cocoa bean under the shade of groves of royal palm.
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