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Rincón Bay is
V-shape bay
in the northeasternmost in the
The site is known for the indigenous
Cabo Cabrón
an
Cabo Samaná
The resort town of
V-shape bay
in the northeasternmost in the
Samaná Peninsula
The Samaná PenÃnsula is a peninsula in Dominican Republic situated in the province of Samaná. The Samaná Peninsula is connected to the rest of the state by the isthmus of Samaná; to its south is Samaná Bay. The peninsula contains many beache ...
in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
. The road to playa Rincon has been since paved all the way to the beach for easy access by car. The road right on the beach is a sand road to go up and down the beach but cars can travel with common sense.
The site is known for the indigenous Cigüayos
The Ciguayos (Spanish: Ciguayos) were a group of indigenous people who inhabited the Samaná Peninsula and its adjoining regions in the present-day Dominican Republic. The Ciguayos appear to have predated the agricultural TaÃno who inhabited mu ...
who in this place were the first to resist Christopher Columbus' men with violence. For this reason, the admiral gave it the name of the Bay of Arrows Golfo de Las Flechas or Bay of Arrows refers to a bay on the northeastern side of the island of Hispaniola in the present day Dominican Republic where there was a small skirmish between Christopher Columbus’ crew and the Cigüayos that lived there ...
. It is located north of the town of Santa Bárbara de Samaná. It is gated from the Antilles Current
The Antilles Current is a highly variable surface ocean current of warm water that flows northeasterly past the island chain that separates the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The current results from the flow of the Atlantic North Equator ...
bCabo Cabrón
an
Cabo Samaná
The resort town of
Las Galeras
Las Galeras is a Municipal district in the town Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Samaná province in the northeast coast of Dominican Republic. It is located at the eastern end of the Samaná Peninsula, on the Rincón Bay that is found between Cabrón ...
sits on the eastern side of the bay.
See also
Scottish Bay
Scottish Bay ( es, BahÃa Escocesa) is a large bay in the Dominican Republic, stretching 70 kilometres across the northeast coast from Cabrera to Cabo Cabrón. The coast of the bay is entirely within two provinces, MarÃa Trinidad Sánchez
Marà ...
References
Geography of Samaná Province Bays of the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub