Talk:El Yunque (Puerto Rico)

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Name

In the case of El Yunque near Baracoa it can hardly be a coincidence that the Spanish word for anvil is 'yunque' and it looks like an anvil. What does this thing look like? DirkvdM 19:45, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The Taino believed that the Mountain of El Yunque was where Yuquiyu, their protector god lived. The Spaniards heard them calling the mountain 'Yu-ke' and from there inferred the 'yunque' connection. For the record, though the whole mountain is somewhat broad, it is not at all flat and does not resemble an anvil at all. Another theory posits that it was so named by the Spaniards because of the way storms would be somewhat deflected by the mountain (I find this unlikely). Sings-With-Spirits (talk) 00:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Redirection

"El Yunque" redirected to Caribbean National Forest but made no mention of the mountain per se. I put CNF in a separate article, and included a link to it here in the information of the mountain. Thief12 13:51, 6 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Coordinates

The given coordinates for El Yunque put it square in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean (okay, maybe not in the middle, but quite a ways offshore). Maybe someone should check that? Larry V (talk | e-mail) 11:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion for name change

El Yunque (Puerto Rico) → El Yunque peak or Pico El Yunque

Pico El Yunque or El Yunque peak is a mountain that is located fully within the boundaries of the El Yunque National Forest.

For clarity and less redundancy, article should be moved to either El Yunque peak or Pico El Yunque, whatever is more enciclopedic — Moebiusuibeom-en (talk) 02:21, 17 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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