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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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).
This is a list of countries by easternmost point on land (dependent territories included). The order does not always reflect how close a country's territory is to the 180th meridian . Russia, Fiji, and Antarctica are notable exceptions because the 180th meridian passes through them.
In a handsomely one-sided commodity deal, the Soviet Union sold oil to the island at well above the market rate, and bought Cuba’s sugar at inflated prices. The citizens were largely confined to ...
This is a list of articles holding galleries of maps of present-day countries and dependencies.The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies.