Cape Cruz

Location of Cabo Cruz in Cuba

Cape Cruz, (Spanish: Cabo Cruz), is a cape that forms the western extremity of the Granma Province in southern Cuba. It extends into the Caribbean sea and marks the eastern border of the Gulf of Guacanayabo.[1] Cape Cruz is located in the municipality of Niquero and is part of the Desembarco del Granma National Park.

The southernmost tip of Cape Cruz is marked by Faro Vargas, a nineteenth-century lighthouse with a height of 32 metres (105 ft).

Notes

  1. ↑ Hernández 2001

References

Hernández Sabourín, Elsa Lázara; Sergio Alfredo Torres Zamora; Herlinda F. Remón Castillo (2001). "Biodiversidad de la Reserva Natural de Cabo Cruz (provincia de Granma), Cuba". Cuadernos de biodiversidad. Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (Nº. 7): 11–13. ISSN 1575-5495. 

Coordinates: 19°50′31″N 77°43′40″W / 19.841829°N 77.727857°W / 19.841829; -77.727857

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