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Site at Cumberland Bay have this name because the 42 patriots that were vanished in this island and lived in those caves spending sorrow and madness after the Old Nation Battle and Disaster of Rancagua , October of 1814 , previously it was used as pirats home or shelter , today National Monument.
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It was built in the year 1749 by the spanish government , and it tried to prevent the attack of corsaries and pirats that were stucking the coasts of America - Historic National Monument reconstructed at 1974 , it's beside the Patriots caves.
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On the seashore there are graves of some of the crew of the German cruiser "Dresden", sunk in the bay in 1915. It is also the final resting place of Baron Alfredo de Rodt, who established the Island Comunity in 1877, residing there till his death.
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Located at the foot of "El Yunque" hill, the higher on the island being almost 915 mts. high. Here, the german seaman Hugo Weber, survivor of the german cruiser Dresden, spet 12 year utterly isolated from the world and from the local community, there by becoming know has the "German Robinson".
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So name in honour of Alexander Selkirk, british shipwreoked sailor whose choice look-out spot it was. From, there due to its height, he had a good view of the surrounding sea on the look-out for some passing ship to take him home. This is a good place to pic-nic.
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Is reached after a half hour boat trip and is some 50 meters from the shore: The exploring of this cave takes about three hours. On the hill overlooking the bay are to be found the cannons that defended the island from the British Corsairs, this is the reason for the place being called English Port (Puerto Ingles).
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Behind the airtrip. One or two days trips are made there, camping out in sleeping bags. Water must be taken as there is none.
There is the only sandy beach on the Island and it is reached after a two and half hour boat trip around islets, cliff and seal breeding grounds, but there are many other places appropiates for to
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swimming and to dive around the island.
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The main activity on the island is lobster fishing; the islanders spend their days attending their lobster traps placed in various spots around the island. Lobster fishing is the mainstay of the island's economy.
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