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Cape Cruz

Coordinates: 19°50′30.58″N 77°43′40.28″W / 19.8418278°N 77.7278556°W / 19.8418278; -77.7278556
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Cabo Cruz
Cabo Cruz is located in Cuba
Cabo Cruz
Cabo Cruz
Location of Cape Cruz in Cuba
Coordinates: 19°50′30.58″N 77°43′40.28″W / 19.8418278°N 77.7278556°W / 19.8418278; -77.7278556
Offshore water bodiesCaribbean Sea

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.

Architecture

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

Transport

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The cape is the endpoint of the Niquero branch of the "Circuito Sur de Oriente" (CSO) highway.

Notes

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  1. ^ Hernández 2001

References

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  • 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 (Nº. 7). Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad: 11–13. ISSN 1575-5495.