Shipwrecks · Granma
Cristóbal Colón
Cristóbal Colón is a shipwreck at 19°55′59″N 76°45′00″W in Granma province. Cristóbal Colón was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy. She was sunk on 3 July 1898 at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
Cristóbal Colón: coast and water
1660 m at 305°: Ensenada de las Mulas (bay); 3590 m at 272°: Punta Turquino (point); 9350 m at 72°: Punta Agujas (point); 11930 m at 270°: Ensenada de las Cuevas (bay); 13000 m at 80°: Punta Babujal (point); 13780 m at 268°: Punta Palma Mocha (point); 15790 m at 263°: Ensenada la Plata (estuary); 16110 m at 283°: Ceibón (estuary); 17520 m at 264°: Punta Cotovelo (point); 18930 m at 67°: Maestrica de los Libertadores (estuary); 20540 m at 69°: Hacienda Sevilla (estuary); 20680 m at 350°: Hacienda San Antonio (estuary); 21570 m at 259°: Surgidero Magdalena (anchorage); 22010 m at 259°: Estero Palmitas (estuary); 22300 m at 4°: Hacienda Las Llanadas de Buey (estuary); 22510 m at 9°: Hacienda Piedra de Yao (estuary); 22880 m at 43°: Comunidad del Dátil (estuary); 24300 m at 86°: Punta Bayamita (point); 24390 m at 258°: Punta Las Llanas (point); 27790 m at 259°: Punta Peñón del Macho (point); 28650 m at 14°: Valenzuela (estuary); 29580 m at 261°: Rada El Macío (anchorage).
Cristóbal Colón: inland
1860 m at 347°: Corral del Río (settlement); 3290 m at 288°: El Muerto (settlement); 4970 m at 10°: La Punta (hamlet); 6070 m at 41°: La Conchita (hamlet); 7210 m at 285°: Arroyo Corte (stream); 7960 m at 337°: Mar Verde (hamlet); 8190 m at 335°: Brazo Ajial (stream); 8250 m at 64°: Peladero (settlement); 8300 m at 68°: Río Peladeros (stream); 8900 m at 282°: Babún (locality); 9220 m at 272°: El Dian (hamlet); 9390 m at 70°: El Majá (settlement).
Cristóbal Colón: distances
16810 m at 84°: Uvero; 26720 m at 0°: Buey Arriba; 31910 m at 350°: Arroyo Prieto; 52940 m at 318°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 92070 m at 87°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 91280 m at 87°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 14020 m at 296°: Parque Nacional Turquino; 16580 m at 40°: Parque Nacional Pico La Bayamesa.
Cristóbal Colón: close by
2110 m at 315°: Crucero Acorazado Cristobal Colón (reef).
Cristóbal Colón: on and around
Within 15 km: 14 peaks & volcanoes, 6 trails & viewpoints, 4 camp sites, 4 attractions, 3 historic & heritage, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 parks & reserves.
1910 m at 330°: La Mula (camp sites); 2870 m at 61°: Loma de la Bruja (attractions); 7670 m at 315°: Loma La Bruja (peaks & volcanoes); 10100 m at 306°: Pico Suecia (peaks & volcanoes); 10290 m at 294°: Pico Cuevas (peaks & volcanoes); 10490 m at 287°: Pico Limones (peaks & volcanoes); 10940 m at 21°: Sitio fundacional de Radio Rebelde (historic & heritage); 10940 m at 305°: José Martí (attractions); 10940 m at 305°: Pico Turquino (peaks & volcanoes); 11220 m at 303°: Paso de las Angustias (attractions); 13540 m at 269°: Estación de Pilón (guest houses & hostels).
Cristóbal Colón: marine life records
11 records of 11 species within 8 km, 2006 to 2019: 4 molluscs, 3 other, 1 marine mammals, 1 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 echinoderms. That is 5.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Nerita versicolor, 1 (molluscs); Acanthopleura granulata, 1 (molluscs); Promesostoma roseapharynx, 1 (other); Chiton marmoratus, 1 (molluscs); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals); Cittarium pica, 1 (molluscs); Callinectes sapidus, 1 (crustaceans); Bartholomea annulata, 1 (corals); Reinhardorhynchus beatrizae, 1 (other); Schockaertia aprostatica, 1 (other); Lytechinus variegatus, 1 (echinoderms).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cristóbal Colón: notes
The position is a published coordinate and can be approximate.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikipedia (coordinates) (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. For a wreck this is the sinking or wreck site recorded in Wikidata or Wikipedia; the hull may since have been raised, moved or broken up.