Cabo Corrientes is a cape on the

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coast of the Mexican

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of Jalisco. It marks the southernmost point of the Bahía de Banderas (Bay of Flags), upon which the port and resort city of Puerto Vallarta stands. The

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in which the cape lies is also called Cabo Corrientes. Cabo Corrientes is a prominent navigational landmark, featured on the earliest

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of the region. Cruising sailors often refer to it as Mexico's

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Corrientes Corrientes (; Guaraní: Taragüí, literally: "Currents") is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12. It ha ...

Landforms of Jalisco Pacific Coast of Mexico Puerto Vallarta {{Jalisco-geo-stub