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Banco Arriola

Satellite view of Banco Arriola, Cuba
Banco Arriola (Esri, Maxar)

Banco Arriola is a reef at 20°00′00″N 77°40′59″W in Granma province.

GPS 20.00000, -77.6833320°00′00″N 77°41′00″W

Banco Arriola: coast and water

2550 m at 223°: Borlón de Tierra (shoal); 3830 m at 108°: Punta Antón (point); 4090 m at 205°: Banco Ravena (reef); 4760 m at 169°: Punta Borlón (point); 5830 m at 197°: Banco Lavandera (reef); 6690 m at 178°: Ensenada Guano (bay); 7420 m at 180°: Playa las Coloradas (beach); 8910 m at 231°: Colorados de Fuera (shoal); 10230 m at 56°: Punta de Niquero (point); 11010 m at 8°: Canal de Palomino (channel); 11710 m at 4°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 13440 m at 15°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 13960 m at 48°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 14920 m at 7°: Banco Palomino (shoal).

Wider satellite view around Banco Arriola
Banco Arriola, wider

Banco Arriola: islands

2890 m at 121°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 6880 m at 50°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 10530 m at 53°: Cayo Niquero (island); 12830 m at 32°: Cayo Huevo (island); 12880 m at 34°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 13920 m at 38°: Cayo Antonia (island); 14120 m at 38°: Cayo Cocos (island); 14150 m at 45°: Cayo Piragua (island).

Banco Arriola: inland

6300 m at 161°: Palma de La Cruz (settlement); 6420 m at 88°: Coloraditas (locality); 6520 m at 150°: Siete Piezas (settlement); 6930 m at 114°: Marea de Limones (settlement).

Banco Arriola: distances

5370 m at 150°: Belic; 7420 m at 180°: Playa las Coloradas; 12180 m at 64°: Niquero; 69990 m at 63°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 177880 m at 14°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 188670 m at 90°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 21480 m at 128°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Banco Arriola: close by

2890 m at 121°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 4100 m at 205°: Banco Ravena (reef); 5830 m at 197°: Banco Lavandera (reef); 6530 m at 24°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 6880 m at 50°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 7370 m at 38°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 10520 m at 53°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 11710 m at 4°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 12140 m at 50°: Bajo Damián (reef); 12400 m at 27°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 12810 m at 55°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 12830 m at 32°: Cayo Huevo (cay).

Banco Arriola: on and around

Within 15 km: 12 guest houses & hostels, 6 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 camp sites, 2 museums, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 1 mines & quarries, 1 power plants.

7380 m at 171°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 7570 m at 177°: Campamento de Pioneros Exploradores Marinos Desembarco del Granma (camp sites); 7970 m at 180°: Alojamiento "Sol Caribe" (guest houses & hostels); 7970 m at 180°: Sol Caribe (guest houses & hostels); 8070 m at 181°: Casa de Adamaris (guest houses & hostels); 8430 m at 184°: Campismo Popular Las Coloradas (camp sites); 9640 m at 189°: Granma Museum (museums); 9740 m at 189°: Museo del Granma (museums); 11350 m at 64°: Train (historic & heritage); 11570 m at 63°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 11620 m at 63°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 11870 m at 65°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 12390 m at 65°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals).

Banco Arriola: marine life records

2 records of 2 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2017: 1 fish, 1 sponges. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 1 (fish); Amphimedon, 1 (sponges).

Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.

Banco Arriola: notes

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Sources and data

Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.

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