Isla de Flores is a small island in the Rio de Plata, 21 miles southeast of Punta Carretas

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, Montevideo

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, Uruguay

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. Flores was named by Sebastián Gaboto, who discovered it on the day of Easter, 1527.

It has a historic lighthouse, which was the subject of an 1819 treaty, by which Uruguay lost the Misiones Orientales

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. This lighthouse, of Portuguese origin, entered service in 1828. It was dubbed "the world's most expensive lighthouse" . The lighthouse, now depends on the Navy. It is 37 meters high and flashes twice every 10 seconds.

There is a book on the island named Historias y leyendas de la isla de Flores.