Shipwrecks · Santiago de Cuba
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya is a shipwreck at 19°58′00″N 76°07′59″W in Santiago de Cuba province. Vizcaya was an Infanta Maria Teresa-class armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy. Launched in 1891, she was sunk on 3 July 1898 at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya: coast and water
2080 m at 332°: Punta de Moquenque (point); 2510 m at 324°: Bahía del Aserradero (bay); 5230 m at 90°: Boca de Dos Ríos (cove); 7200 m at 75°: Posesión de Boca de Dos Ríos (estuary); 10160 m at 284°: Bahía de Quiebra Seca (bay); 10620 m at 100°: Playa Coco (beach); 12330 m at 99°: Ensenada de El Cuero (cove); 12720 m at 43°: Hongolosongo (estuary); 14650 m at 93°: Ensenada Juan González (cove).
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya: inland
2410 m at 357°: Hicacal (settlement); 2540 m at 317°: Río Aserradero (stream); 3230 m at 339°: Aserradero (settlement); 4670 m at 358°: La Abundancia (settlement); 4810 m at 85°: Boca de Dos Ríos (stream); 6120 m at 335°: Matelero (settlement); 7240 m at 292°: Cativar (settlement); 7410 m at 0°: Nuevo Mundo (locality); 7610 m at 13°: San Luis (locality); 7630 m at 43°: Dorita (locality); 7890 m at 62°: Campo Largo (locality); 8190 m at 25°: Santa Isabel (locality).
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya: distances
10620 m at 100°: Playa Coco; 11430 m at 50°: La Josefina; 16380 m at 25°: Josefina; 31140 m at 88°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 27520 m at 89°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 26710 m at 87°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 27530 m at 89°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca; 38350 m at 91°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí.
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya: close by
1690 m at 316°: Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya (reef); 14620 m at 93°: Spanish cruiser Almirante Oquendo (wreck); 14640 m at 93°: Crucero Acorazado "Almirante Oquendo" (ES) (reef); 18700 m at 93°: Torpedero Plutón (ES) (reef); 20170 m at 92°: Torpedero Furor (ES) (reef).
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 guest houses & hostels, 2 mines & quarries, 1 places of worship, 1 camp sites, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 peaks & volcanoes.
5230 m at 297°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 7750 m at 91°: Campismo Caletón Blanco (camp sites); 8160 m at 91°: Villa Consuelo (guest houses & hostels); 8430 m at 92°: Paladar David (cuban cuisine & lechón); 11150 m at 287°: Casa Adonis (guest houses & hostels); 11200 m at 64°: Loma del Gato (peaks & volcanoes); 12630 m at 93°: Cantera de Piedra (mines & quarries); 14380 m at 93°: Villa Sandro (guest houses & hostels).
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya: marine life records
4 records of 4 species within 8 km, 1902 to 2020: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans, 1 molluscs. That is 2.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Charadrius vociferus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 1 (crustaceans); Actitis macularius, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Alaba incerta, 1 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Spanish cruiser Vizcaya: notes
Do not remove anything from a wreck; many are war graves or protected.
Getting to Spanish cruiser Vizcaya
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Aserradero stands about 4.3 km away.
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.