Cape Cruz, ( es, Cabo Cruz), is a cape that forms the western extremity of the

Granma Province Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo (a port on the Gulf of Guacanayabo) and Pilón. History The province takes its name from the yacht '' Granma'', used by Che Guevara and Fidel Castr ...

in southern

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. It extends into the

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and marks the eastern border of the

Gulf of Guacanayabo The Gulf of Guacanayabo () is a bay along the southern coast of Cuba, bordered by Granma and Las Tunas provinces. Overview The largest port on the bay is Manzanillo, and the gulf is bordered to the north-west by the Jardines de la Reina arch ...

.Hernández 2001 Cape Cruz is located in the municipality of Niquero and is part of the Desembarco del Granma National Park.

Architecture

The southernmost tip of Cape Cruz is marked by Faro Vargas, a nineteenth-century

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with a height of .

Transport

The cape is the endpoint of the Niquero branch of the " Circuito Sur de Oriente" (CSO) highway.

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References

* Cruz Geography of Granma Province {{Cuba-geo-stub