Cape Cruz

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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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