Diving & reefs · Granma

Banco Azuaga

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

Banco Azuaga is a reef at 20°03′13″N 77°39′29″W in Granma province.

GPS 20.05372, -77.6579820°03′13″N 77°39′29″W

Banco Azuaga: coast and water

900 m at 127°: Pasa Azuaga (channel); 4870 m at 130°: Punta Coloraditas (point); 5790 m at 152°: Bahía Guanito (cove); 5890 m at 93°: Punta de Niquero (point); 7130 m at 64°: Bajo Atravesada (shoal); 7210 m at 172°: Punta Antón (point); 8460 m at 67°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 8900 m at 354°: Banco Palomino (shoal); 8980 m at 209°: Borlón de Tierra (shoal); 9340 m at 57°: Canal de Balandras (channel); 10620 m at 78°: Ciénaga Manáguano (marsh); 10800 m at 189°: Punta Borlón (point); 12600 m at 356°: Médano de Palomino (shoal); 12890 m at 191°: Ensenada Guano (bay).

Wider satellite view around Banco Azuaga
Banco Azuaga, wider

Banco Azuaga: islands

3070 m at 121°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 6420 m at 40°: Cayo Huevo (island); 7450 m at 181°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 7730 m at 49°: Cayo Antonia (island); 7930 m at 80°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 7950 m at 50°: Cayo Cocos (island); 9960 m at 3°: Cayo Pajáros (island); 10470 m at 2°: Cayo Palomino (island).

Banco Azuaga: inland

6240 m at 134°: Santa Catalina (locality); 6830 m at 146°: Coloraditas (locality); 7810 m at 93°: Roberto Ramírez (sugar mill); 8150 m at 96°: Niquero (town).

Banco Azuaga: distances

8380 m at 95°: Niquero; 10610 m at 180°: Belic; 13650 m at 191°: Playa las Coloradas; 65020 m at 66°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 171440 m at 14°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 186160 m at 92°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 23940 m at 143°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Banco Azuaga: close by

1850 m at 94°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 3070 m at 121°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 5720 m at 86°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 5880 m at 29°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 6030 m at 342°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 6420 m at 40°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 6530 m at 204°: Banco Arriola (reef); 6560 m at 45°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 6910 m at 75°: Bajo Damián (reef); 7050 m at 7°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 7450 m at 181°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 7500 m at 59°: Cayos Piraguas (island group).

Banco Azuaga: on and around

Within 15 km: 12 guest houses & hostels, 6 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 2 camp sites, 1 hospitals, 1 theatres & arts, 1 historic & heritage.

7660 m at 95°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 7670 m at 98°: Train (historic & heritage); 7720 m at 95°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 7730 m at 94°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 7740 m at 96°: Casa Paraíso Azul (guest houses & hostels); 7740 m at 94°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 8190 m at 97°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 8590 m at 95°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 13360 m at 187°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 13720 m at 190°: Campamento de Pioneros Exploradores Marinos Desembarco del Granma (camp sites); 14750 m at 193°: Campismo Popular Las Coloradas (camp sites).

Banco Azuaga: marine life records

3 records of 3 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2024: 1 fish, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 sponges. That is 1.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 1 (fish); Sula sula, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Amphimedon, 1 (sponges).

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

Banco Azuaga: notes

No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.

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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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