Escombreras
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Escombreras islet. Currently -not shown in this picture- a breakwater hooks around the north side of the island Escombreras is an islet at the mouth of Cartagena's port, in Spain's Region of Murcia. Since 2011 a breakwater built for the expansion of Cartagena's port has hooked around the north side of the island, but it does not connect to it.
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thumb|250px|Escombreras islet. Currently -not shown in this picture- a breakwater hooks around the north side of the island Escombreras is an islet at the mouth of Cartagena's port, in Spain's Region of Murcia. Since 2011 a breakwater built for the expansion of Cartagena's port has hooked around the north side of the island, but it does not connect to it.
The steep islet covers . An anchorage and a lighthouse, built in 1864 at above sea level, are present, but there is no permanent human habitation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Escombreras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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