Diving & reefs · Granma

Banco Lavandera

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

Banco Lavandera is a reef at 19°56′59″N 77°42′00″W in Granma province.

GPS 19.95000, -77.7000019°57′00″N 77°42′00″W

Banco Lavandera: coast and water

1860 m at 0°: Banco Ravena (reef); 2550 m at 223°: Colorados de Tierra (shoal); 2850 m at 193°: Punta de las Coloradas (point); 6960 m at 51°: Punta Antón (point); 9330 m at 48°: Punta Cachón (point); 11570 m at 196°: Lagunas Guafes (lagoon); 12290 m at 205°: Banco Estero (shoal); 13560 m at 8°: Banco Orejoncito (shoal); 16050 m at 135°: Ensenada El Real (cove); 17330 m at 40°: Bajo Damián (reef); 17420 m at 8°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 19190 m at 39°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 19260 m at 16°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 19960 m at 300°: Canal Madrona (channel).

Wider satellite view around Banco Lavandera
Banco Lavandera, wider

Banco Lavandera: islands

12190 m at 35°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 17810 m at 43°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 18180 m at 24°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 18530 m at 29°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 18530 m at 27°: Cayo Huevo (island); 18840 m at 35°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 19490 m at 32°: Cayo Antonia (island); 22490 m at 12°: Cayo Palomino (island).

Banco Lavandera: inland

4020 m at 176°: Portada de la Libertad (hamlet); 4510 m at 79°: Belic (settlement); 5830 m at 197°: Playas Coloradas (settlement); 6120 m at 184°: Vareón (settlement).

Banco Lavandera: distances

2550 m at 137°: Playa las Coloradas; 4540 m at 78°: Belic; 16700 m at 50°: Niquero; 74210 m at 59°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 183700 m at 14°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 190450 m at 89°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 20180 m at 112°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Banco Lavandera: close by

1850 m at 0°: Banco Ravena (reef); 5830 m at 17°: Banco Arriola (reef); 5870 m at 46°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 12200 m at 35°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 12340 m at 21°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 12990 m at 29°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 15650 m at 40°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 17330 m at 40°: Bajo Damián (reef); 17420 m at 8°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 17800 m at 43°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 18180 m at 24°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 18530 m at 29°: Cayos Balandias (island group).

Banco Lavandera: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 guest houses & hostels, 2 camp sites, 2 museums, 2 schools, 1 mines & quarries, 1 attractions, 1 factories & works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 power plants.

2910 m at 133°: Campamento de Pioneros Exploradores Marinos Desembarco del Granma (camp sites); 3010 m at 143°: Alojamiento "Sol Caribe" (guest houses & hostels); 3010 m at 143°: Sol Caribe (guest houses & hostels); 3020 m at 146°: Casa de Adamaris (guest houses & hostels); 3040 m at 159°: Campismo Popular Las Coloradas (camp sites); 3330 m at 121°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 3970 m at 176°: Granma Museum (museums); 4050 m at 177°: Museo del Granma (museums); 10450 m at 190°: Sendero Arqueológico Natural El Guafe (attractions); 12350 m at 193°: Paladar (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Banco Lavandera: marine life records

2 records of 2 species within 10 km, 2003 to 2017: 1 sponges, 1 crustaceans. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Amphimedon, 1 (sponges); Coenobita clypeatus, 1 (crustaceans).

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

Banco Lavandera: notes

Protected waters have their own rules.

Getting to Banco Lavandera

  • Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Vargas stands about 12 km away.

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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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