Cape Cruz, ( es, Cabo Cruz), is a
cape that forms the western extremity of the
Granma Province
Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo (a port on the Gulf of Guacanayabo) and Pilón.
History
The province takes its name from the yacht '' Granma'', used by Che Guevara and Fidel Castr ...
in southern
Cuba. It extends into the
Caribbean sea and marks the eastern border of the
Gulf of Guacanayabo
The Gulf of Guacanayabo () is a bay along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma and Las Tunas provinces.
Overview
The largest port on the bay is Manzanillo, and the gulf is bordered to the north-west by the Jardines de la Reina arch ...
.
[Hernández 2001]
Cape Cruz is located in the municipality of
Niquero and is part of the
Desembarco del Granma National Park.
Architecture
The southernmost tip of Cape Cruz is marked by
Faro Vargas, a nineteenth-century
lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid, for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
Lighthouses mar ...
with a height of .
Transport
The cape is the endpoint of the
Niquero branch of the "
Circuito Sur de Oriente" (CSO) highway.
Notes
References
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Cruz
Geography of Granma Province
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