Rosalind Bank
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Rosalind Bank, also called Rosalinda or Rosa Linda Bank (Template:Langx),[1] is a large, completely submerged bank or atoll in the western Caribbean Sea. It is the culmination of an area of coral reef, some Script error: No such module "convert". long, that extends eastward from Cabo Gracias a Dios. The bank area is part of an extensive structure, known as Nicaragua Rise, that continues further east through Pedro Bank towards Jamaica.
Geography
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Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Rosalind Bank is Serranilla Bank. The cays on it are the closest pieces of dry land.
Until a 1986 treaty between Honduras and Colombia determined the two nations' maritime boundary in the area, Colombia claimed Rosalinda Bank as part of the San Andrés archipelago, along with Serranilla Bank. Under the treaty, however, Colombia accepted a boundary that placed Rosalind within Honduras's exclusive economic zone.[3] Nicaragua objected to the 1986 maritime decision as it ignored Nicaraguan claims to the area.[4]
See also
References
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- ↑ Derrotero de las islas Antillas y de las costas orientales de América p. 333
- ↑ Sector 6. Coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico
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External links
- Sailing Directions, Caribbean Sea, Vol. II
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