Alice Shoal

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Location of Alice Shoal within the Jamaica–Colombia Joint Regime Area
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NASA Landsat image of Alice Shoal

Alice Shoal (Spanish: Banco Alicia or Bajo Alicia) is a wholly submerged reef, located in the western Caribbean Sea, about Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Jamaica. The mainland of Colombia lies Script error: No such module "convert". away to the southeast.

Alice Shoal is situated 31 km northeast of East Cay of Serranilla Bank, and 48 km west of Bajo Nuevo Bank.[1] The bank is about 16 km in diameter as defined by the 200 m isobath, which corresponds to an area of more than 200 km2. There are no islets, cays or above-water rocks. The bank has a minimum depth of Script error: No such module "convert"., with coral bottom, at its eastern edge. Depths over the greater part of the bank are less than Script error: No such module "convert".. The bottom is fine white sand. Rip currents mark the edges of the bank.

The reef falls within the Joint Regime Area of Colombia and Jamaica, a maritime delimitation zone which allows for co-operative control and exploitation of resources between the two states.[2]

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