Object description

Malpelo is a small island in the eastern Pacific Ocean, located about 500 km west of the Colombian mainland with a military post manned by the Colombian Armed Forces. It consists of a sheer and barren rock with three high peaks, the highest being Cerro de la Mona with a height of 300 m . The island is about 1.5 kilometres in length from northeast to southwest, and 640 metres in width.