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Geography of Cuba Sierra Maestra Viñales Valley. Cuba is located 77 km (48 mi) west of Haiti across the Windward Passage, 22.5 km (14.0 mi) south of The Bahamas (Cay Lobos), 150 km (93 mi) south of the United States (Key West, Florida), 210 km (130 mi) east of Mexico, and 140 km (87 mi) north of Jamaica.
Portland Point: 17°42′N Haiti: South of Torbeck, Les Cayes Arrondissement: 18°01′N Algeria: Border with Mali, Tin Zaouatine Commune: 18°58′N Libya: Chad/Libya/Sudan tripoint: 19°30′N Cuba: East of Cape Cruz, Desembarco del Granma National Park, Granma: 19°50′N Japan: Okino Torishima Island Ishigaki Island (southernmost inhabited ...
Guanahacabibes Peninsula is the westernmost point on the island of Cuba. It is located in Pinar del Río Province, in the municipality of Sandino, and is sparsely populated. The waters surrounding the peninsula are important spiny lobster and red snapper fishing grounds. It also boasts the category of Biosphere Reserve, listed by UNESCO in 1987.
The claim on the buoy stating "90 miles to Cuba" may be a rounded number, since Cuba, at its closest point is 94 statute (81 nautical) miles due south. [19] One book author suggests they meant 90 nautical miles, from a distance of 103 statute ('regular') miles measuring from Key West to Havana, Cuba. [20]
The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán (Spanish: Canal de Yucatán) is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico . It is just over 200 kilometres (120 mi) wide and nearly 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) deep at its deepest point near the coast of Cuba.
Windward Passage (French: Passage au Vent; Spanish: Paso de los Vientos) is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. The strait specifically lies between the easternmost region of Cuba and the northwest of Haiti. [1] 80 km (50 mi) wide, the Windward Passage has a threshold depth of 1,700 m (5,600 ft).
The Man Who Pays His Way: Savour Havana. Go to the beach. Meet the Cuban people.
Porter Point: 13°22′N Barbados: North Point: 13°20′N Cameroon: Border with Chad: 13°05′N Djibouti: Doumeira Island border with Eritrea (mainland) 12°43′N 12°41′N Guinea: Border with Senegal: 12°42′N Guinea-Bissau: Border with Senegal: 12°39′N Aruba (Netherlands) Cape Alexander: 12°37′N Grenada: Gun Point, Carriacou: 12 ...