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Banco de Santa Clara

Satellite view of Banco de Santa Clara, Cuba
Banco de Santa Clara (Esri, Maxar)

Banco de Santa Clara is a reef at 20°31′59″N 77°24′00″W in Las Tunas province.

GPS 20.53333, -77.4000020°32′00″N 77°24′00″W

Banco de Santa Clara: coast and water

440 m at 95°: Pasa Chichorro (channel); 4650 m at 51°: Banco de Chachorro (reef); 9070 m at 286°: Bajo Paticombito (reef); 11980 m at 91°: Médano de Cauto (reef); 15730 m at 83°: Punta Mojacasabe (point); 16580 m at 70°: Paso Presto (channel); 16650 m at 73°: Punta Paso Presto (point); 16750 m at 74°: Punta Remalzo (point); 16840 m at 334°: Punta Sevilla (point); 17220 m at 343°: Punta Tana (point); 17890 m at 75°: Laguna Rematico (lagoon); 18480 m at 68°: Punta Pinillo (point); 18510 m at 359°: Playa Habanero (beach); 18610 m at 175°: Paso de Chinchorro (channel); 18800 m at 49°: Punta Birama (point); 19570 m at 7°: Punta de la Corúa (point); 19880 m at 57°: Ensenada Birama (bay); 20020 m at 326°: Estero Buenaventura (lagoon); 20570 m at 48°: Ensenada de Birama (cove); 21040 m at 14°: Estero de Sotaburen (marsh); 21550 m at 75°: Estero Cabeza de Vaca (marsh); 22730 m at 67°: Estero Boca Honda (estuary); 22860 m at 319°: Estero la Tollosa (inlet); 23520 m at 219°: Gran Banco de Buena Esperanza (shoal); 23550 m at 91°: Punta de Jutía (point); 24160 m at 356°: Fundo Las Ciegas (estuary); 24620 m at 327°: Laguna Sumacara (lagoon); 24680 m at 54°: Laguna La Iguanita (lagoon); 24920 m at 77°: Laguna Pasajeros (lagoon); 25350 m at 79°: Laguna Las Nueces (lagoon); 26600 m at 42°: Bahía Jobabo (bay); 26780 m at 140°: Punta Socorro (point); 27830 m at 86°: Ciénaga de Carenas (marsh); 27960 m at 134°: Caleta Honda (cove); 28020 m at 278°: Banco Víbora (bank); 28350 m at 307°: Punta Guayabal (point); 28420 m at 258°: Canal de Bajo del Palo (channel); 28520 m at 55°: Laguna de Birama (lagoon); 29120 m at 74°: Ciénaga de Cauto Norte (marsh); 29560 m at 94°: Punta Carenas (point); 29600 m at 127°: Pasa Honda (channel); 29640 m at 95°: Punta Los Lirios (point); 29740 m at 97°: Punta Monte Gordo (point).

Wider satellite view around Banco de Santa Clara
Banco de Santa Clara, wider

Banco de Santa Clara: islands

12110 m at 339°: Cayos de Sevillas (island group); 14140 m at 48°: Cayo Tamayo (island); 24740 m at 265°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 25430 m at 140°: Cayo Perla (island); 26400 m at 138°: Cayo Jorobado (island); 27490 m at 306°: Cayo Romero (island); 27880 m at 132°: Cayo Largo (island); 27970 m at 131°: Cayos de Manzanillo (island group); 29150 m at 134°: Cayo Laguna (island); 29200 m at 147°: Cayo de Gua (island); 29810 m at 150°: Cayo Blanco (island).

Banco de Santa Clara: inland

19180 m at 84°: Polvareda (locality); 19660 m at 32°: Río Jobabo Norte (stream); 21020 m at 15°: Río Salado (stream); 22850 m at 4°: Arroyo Los Arroyos (stream); 23730 m at 31°: La Zanja (locality); 24230 m at 40°: Cañada de Pinto (stream); 24270 m at 360°: Punto Fijo (locality); 24550 m at 25°: Santa Ana la Vieja (locality); 25600 m at 340°: Conuco (locality); 26180 m at 8°: Laguna Fundo Viejo (pond); 26770 m at 40°: Baja Jobabo (locality); 26860 m at 345°: Laguna del Hundidero (pond); 26910 m at 312°: Río Yaquimo (stream); 26980 m at 27°: Santa Ana la Nueva (locality); 27060 m at 74°: Júcaro (locality); 27360 m at 18°: Los Ciegos (locality).

Banco de Santa Clara: distances

18510 m at 359°: Playa Habanero; 20680 m at 10°: Salinas La Toma; 27670 m at 310°: Guayabal; 42440 m at 130°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 113980 m at 7°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 170360 m at 111°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 24030 m at 84°: Refugio de Fauna Delta del Cauto.

Banco de Santa Clara: close by

4650 m at 51°: Banco de Chachorro (reef); 9070 m at 286°: Bajo Paticombito (reef); 11980 m at 91°: Médano de Cauto (reef); 12110 m at 339°: Cayos de Sevillas (island group); 14130 m at 48°: Cayo Tamayo (cay); 24730 m at 265°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay).

Banco de Santa Clara: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.

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Banco de Santa Clara: notes

Dive within your certification and never touch coral.

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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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