Cape_Cruz

Cape Cruz

Cape Cruz

Cape in southern 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.

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Architecture

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

Transport

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

Notes

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


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