Guacanayabo, Gulf of

Guacanayabo, Gulf of
Inlet of the Caribbean Sea, southeastern Cuba.

It stretches in a broad horseshoe from the southern coast of Camagüey province about 70 mi (110 km) to the southwestern shore of Granma province. It is shallow and dotted with coral reefs; its chief port is Manzanillo.

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gulf, Cuba
Spanish  Golfo De Guacanayabo,  

      inlet of the Caribbean Sea, southeastern Cuba. The gulf stretches in a broad horseshoe shape from the southern coast of Camagüey province approximately 70 mi (110 km) to the southwestern shore of Granma province, north of Cabo (cape) Cruz. It is shallow and dotted with coral reefs, and the Gran Banco de Buena Esperanza surfaces in the central portion of the gulf, at the head of which, near the swampy mouth of the Río Cauto, is the port city of Manzanillo.

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