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Guantanamo Bay from satellite. Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo, [baˈia ðe ɣwãnˈtanamo]) is a bay in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba.It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland.
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo / ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh as jargon by members of the U.S. military [1]) is a United States military base occupying a location on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the ...
Map of Guantánamo Bay showing approximate U.S. Naval Base boundaries. This is a listing of commandants and commanders of the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base , located in Guantánamo Bay on Cuba . Brief timeline
Naval Station Guantanamo Bay has been used by the U.S. since 1898, when U.S. forces used the area in the Spanish-American War. According to the Navy, a lease for 45 square miles of land and water ...
During the 1920s the Tenth was disestablished, but was reactivated on January 1, 1940, at San Juan, Puerto Rico under the command of Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN. 10th Naval District boundaries covered the Caribbean Sea, including Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Virgin Islands, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, plus U.S. Naval shore activities ...
The United States and Cuba have had a tense relationship over the past 55 years. While things have gradually gotten better, it wasn't until recently that Americans were able to legally travel to ...
Guantánamo's architecture and culture is unlike the rest of Cuba. The province is only 80 kilometres (50 mi) away from Haiti at its closest point, across the Windward Passage (close enough to see lights on Haiti on a clear night).
The sheltered bay that gives the name to the municipality contains an industrial port. It marks the eastern extend of the Colorados Archipelago. Bahía Honda was once one of the naval bases leased to the United States under the Platt Amendment, but abandoned in 1912 in turn for an expansion of the area leased around Guantánamo Bay. [3]