The Misteriosa Bank ( es, Placer de la Misteriosa)
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in the Caribbean Sea
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, located at – approximately equidistant from Mexico
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(), Honduras () and Cuba
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Geographical data
The Misteriosa Bank is long and wide. Its area is .[ tp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/reposit/2001/2001075.pdf Atoll area, depth and rainfall/ref> Immediately south of it is Rosario Bank. The closest piece of land is the Swan Islands, Honduras, to the south and separated from it by the more than Cayman Trough. The reported depth is on the average or up to , with depths of along the rim,]
History
The bank was first reported by Spanish navigator Tomás Nicolás de Villa in April 1787.
Currently a buoy has been anchored to the seabed of this submerged peak of a sea mountain range that appears to have been claimed by the Principality of New Utopia. The placing of the buoy was filmed by a Germany, German film crew and broadcast by Arte television on Satellite television, satellite.
New Utopia maintains no state claims and wants to build a form of micronation on top of it, using concrete blocks.
See also
*Placer (geography)
References
External links
NASA picture showing Misteriosa Bank
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Landforms of the Cayman Islands
Atolls of the North Atlantic Ocean
Atolls of the United Kingdom
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