Misteriosa Bank
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Geographical data
The Misteriosa Bank is Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide. Its area is Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] Immediately south of it is Rosario Bank. The closest piece of land is the Swan Islands, Honduras, Script error: No such module "convert". to the south and separated from it by the more than Script error: No such module "convert". Cayman Trough. The reported depth is Script error: No such module "convert". on the average[3] or up to Script error: No such module "convert"., with depths of Script error: No such module "convert". along the rim,[2] or Script error: No such module "convert"..[4] It is part of the Cayman Ridge.[5][6]
It is part of a cluster of seamounts of the Cayman mountain range contained in Honduras (Misteriosa, Rosario, Maud, Albion and Viciosas).
History
The bank was first reported by Spanish navigator Tomás Nicolás de Villa in April 1787.[1]
In the 19th century, Charles Darwin mentioned the Misteriosa Bank as an example of the sharply descending coral reef in his book Coral Reefs:[7]
Currently, a buoy has been anchored to the seabed of this feature. It appears to have been claimed by the Principality of New Utopia. The placing of the buoy was filmed by a German film crew and broadcast by Arte television on satellite.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". New Utopia maintains no state claims and wants to build a form of micronation on top of it, using concrete blocks.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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- ↑ a b Derrotero de las islas Antillas, de las costas de Tierra Firme y de las del Seno Mexicano p. 420
- ↑ a b Atoll area, depth and rainfallScript error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Journal Entry - October 27, 1999 - Day 46
- ↑ Sector 6. Coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico
- ↑ Cayman Islands Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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- ↑ Darwin, Charles; Coral Reefs, Appendix 5, West Indies Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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External links
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