Diving & reefs · Santiago de Cuba
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya is a wreck at 19°58′39″N 76°08′40″W in Santiago de Cuba province. Almirante Oquendo was an Infanta Maria Teresa-class armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy. Launched in 1891, she was named after Antonio de Oquendo, the Spanish naval commander who was decisively defeated at the Battle of the Downs in 1639. Almirante Oquendo was sunk by the United States Navy on 3 July 1898 at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya: coast and water
640 m at 17°: Punta de Moquenque (point); 870 m at 338°: Bahía del Aserradero (bay); 6510 m at 101°: Boca de Dos Ríos (cove); 8160 m at 86°: Posesión de Boca de Dos Ríos (estuary); 8770 m at 279°: Bahía de Quiebra Seca (bay); 12020 m at 105°: Playa Coco (beach); 12750 m at 51°: Hongolosongo (estuary); 13710 m at 103°: Ensenada de El Cuero (cove).
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya: inland
2760 m at 25°: La Caridad de Cojímar (locality); 4560 m at 342°: Matelero (settlement); 4700 m at 82°: San Rafael (locality); 4810 m at 105°: Río Cojímar (stream); 5240 m at 34°: Nuevo Aserradero (locality); 5740 m at 286°: Cativar (settlement); 6010 m at 58°: Santa Rita (settlement); 6220 m at 355°: Plesir (locality).
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya: distances
11660 m at 58°: La Josefina; 12020 m at 105°: Playa Coco; 15860 m at 31°: Josefina; 32300 m at 91°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 28700 m at 92°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 27860 m at 90°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 28720 m at 92°: Castillo de San Pedro de la Roca; 39550 m at 92°: Biosfera ecológica Siboney-Juticí.
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya: close by
1690 m at 136°: Spanish cruiser Vizcaya (wreck); 15890 m at 97°: Spanish cruiser Almirante Oquendo (wreck); 15910 m at 97°: Crucero Acorazado "Almirante Oquendo" (ES) (reef); 19960 m at 96°: Torpedero Plutón (ES) (reef); 21430 m at 96°: Torpedero Furor (ES) (reef).
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya: on and around
Within 15 km: 5 beaches, 2 mines & quarries, 2 guest houses & hostels, 1 places of worship, 1 camp sites, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 trails & viewpoints.
3670 m at 289°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 9020 m at 98°: Campismo Caletón Blanco (camp sites); 9440 m at 98°: Villa Consuelo (guest houses & hostels); 9710 m at 99°: Paladar David (cuban cuisine & lechón); 9710 m at 282°: Casa Adonis (guest houses & hostels); 11830 m at 72°: Loma del Gato (peaks & volcanoes); 13920 m at 98°: Cantera de Piedra (mines & quarries); 14970 m at 272°: Sende a Cueva de los Murcielagos (trails & viewpoints).
Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya: notes
Hotels and dive centres arrange guides and equipment.
Getting to Crucero Acorazado Vizcaya
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Aserradero stands about 2.7 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: OpenStreetMap (ODbL) (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.