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Serrana Bank is a Colombian-administered
Serrana Bank is believed to be named after the Spanish castaway Pedro Serrano. It was first shown on a ElTiempo.com
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* {{Authority control Caribbean islands of Colombia Atolls of Colombia Islands of the West Caribbean Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act Former regions and territories of the United States Islands of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Former disputed islands
atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...
in the western Caribbean Sea
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. It is a mostly underwater reef
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about 50 km long and 13 km wide and has six cay
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s, or islets, the largest of which is Southwest Cay.
Geography
The cays from south to north are: * Southwest Cay (500 by 200 meters) * South Cay (150 by 25 meters) * Little Cay (less than 100 meters in diameter) * East Cay (80 by 40 meters) * Narrow Cay * North CayHistory
Serrana Bank is believed to be named after the Spanish castaway Pedro Serrano. It was first shown on a Dutch
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map in 1545 with this name. They were mapped more extensively by the English
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in 1660. A former base for the US military, it is now mostly visited by lobster
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fishermen. It is now Colombia
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n territory, though it was formerly claimed by the United States
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. On September 8, 1972, the two countries signed a treaty recognizing Colombia's sovereignty over Roncador Cay
Roncador Cay is a small island of the Roncador Bank, located in the west Caribbean Sea, off the coast of Central America, east-northeast of Providencia Island.
History
The USS Kearsarge (1861), USS ''Kearsarge'' ran aground on a reef off the ca ...
, and Serrana Bank and abandoning American sovereignty over Quita Sueño Bank
Quita Sueño Bank (claimed as Quitasueño) is a reef formation of Colombia which was once claimed by the United States, located 110 km north-northeast of Providencia Island.
History
In 1869, James Jennett claimed the bank for the United Stat ...
. A fishing concession was retained by the United States over the three banks. This treaty became effective on September 17, 1981. On November 19, 2012, in regard to Nicaraguan claims to the islands, the International Court of Justice
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(ICJ) reaffirmed Colombia's sovereignty.
On September 3, 2007 the eye of Category 5 Hurricane Felix
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passed over Serrana Bank.See also
*List of Guano Island claims
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* {{Authority control Caribbean islands of Colombia Atolls of Colombia Islands of the West Caribbean Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act Former regions and territories of the United States Islands of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Former disputed islands