Isla de Providencia or Old Providence is a
mountainous Caribbean island part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of
San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and the municipality of Providencia
and Santa Catalina Islands, lying midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica.
Providencia's maximum elevation is 360 m above sea level. The smaller Santa
Catalina Island is connected by a 100 metre footbridge to its larger sister Providencia
Island. The island is served by El Embrujo Airport.
The island was the site of an English
Puritan colony
