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Banco Ravena

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

Banco Ravena is a reef at 19°58′00″N 77°42′00″W in Granma province.

GPS 19.96667, -77.7000019°58′00″N 77°42′00″W

Banco Ravena: coast and water

1750 m at 270°: Borlón de Fuera (shoal); 1850 m at 180°: Banco Lavandera (reef); 4060 m at 96°: Puerto de Belic (cove); 8220 m at 58°: Punta Cachón (point); 10440 m at 51°: Punta Coloraditas (point); 11400 m at 33°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 12460 m at 21°: Banco Hierba (shoal); 14200 m at 195°: Cabo Cruz (cape); 14270 m at 191°: Cabo Cruz Lighthouse (lighthouse); 14980 m at 13°: Canal de Palomino (channel); 15940 m at 44°: Bajo Damián (reef); 16630 m at 48°: Bahía de Niquero (bay); 17480 m at 17°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 18850 m at 11°: Banco Palomino (shoal).

Wider satellite view around Banco Ravena
Banco Ravena, wider

Banco Ravena: islands

4770 m at 62°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 10730 m at 41°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 16500 m at 26°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 16500 m at 48°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 16900 m at 30°: Cayo Huevo (island); 17350 m at 38°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 17940 m at 35°: Cayo Antonia (island); 20680 m at 13°: Cayo Palomino (island).

Banco Ravena: inland

4390 m at 121°: Palma de La Cruz (settlement); 4580 m at 86°: Río Limones (stream); 4850 m at 161°: Las Coloradas (settlement); 7210 m at 105°: Santa Rita (locality).

Banco Ravena: distances

4100 m at 155°: Playa las Coloradas; 4540 m at 102°: Belic; 15570 m at 55°: Niquero; 73280 m at 61°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 181900 m at 14°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 190420 m at 89°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 20950 m at 117°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Banco Ravena: close by

1850 m at 180°: Banco Lavandera (reef); 4100 m at 25°: Banco Arriola (reef); 4770 m at 62°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 10630 m at 24°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 10740 m at 41°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 11400 m at 33°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 14280 m at 45°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 15590 m at 9°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 15950 m at 44°: Bajo Damián (reef); 16500 m at 26°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 16500 m at 48°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 16910 m at 30°: Cayo Huevo (cay).

Banco Ravena: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 guest houses & hostels, 2 camp sites, 2 museums, 2 schools, 2 factories & works, 1 mines & quarries, 1 attractions, 1 power plants, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 hospitals.

4390 m at 151°: Campamento de Pioneros Exploradores Marinos Desembarco del Granma (camp sites); 4580 m at 142°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 4620 m at 157°: Alojamiento "Sol Caribe" (guest houses & hostels); 4630 m at 157°: Sol Caribe (guest houses & hostels); 4670 m at 159°: Casa de Adamaris (guest houses & hostels); 4820 m at 167°: Campismo Popular Las Coloradas (camp sites); 5820 m at 178°: Granma Museum (museums); 5910 m at 178°: Museo del Granma (museums); 12280 m at 188°: Sendero Arqueológico Natural El Guafe (attractions); 14170 m at 191°: Paladar (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14750 m at 54°: Train (historic & heritage).

Banco Ravena: 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 Ravena: notes

Dive within your certification and never touch coral.

Getting to Banco Ravena

  • Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Vargas stands about 14 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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