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Saona

American  
[sau-nuh, sah-aw-nah] / ˈsaʊ nə, sɑˈɔ nɑ /

noun

  1. an island in the Caribbean Sea, S of the SE Dominican Republic coast. About 13 miles (21 km) long.


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According to Gonzalvo, there's also a dependable swordfish bite in the Saona Channel, two miles offshore.

From Time Magazine Archive

They then followed that southern coast its whole length, discovering the tiny islands, Beata, Saona, and Mona.

From The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest by John Fiske

Saona, island of, discovered; difference of longitude between, and Cadiz Scandinavians, an essay relative to the voyages of.

From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving

From Point Palmilla opposite Saona Island, the shore-line, fringed with coral rocks, turns northwest and then due west.

From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich

She was taken by the boats of the Tartar in the year 1804, when attempting to escape from that vessel through a narrow and intricate channel between the islands of Saona and St. Domingo.

From Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by William O. S. Gilly

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