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Cape San Antonio, Cuba

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Coordinates:21°51′50.57″N84°55′13.53″W / 21.8640472°N 84.9204250°W /21.8640472; -84.9204250

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Cape at western extremity of Cuba

This article is about a cape in Cuba. For capes of the same name in other countries, seeCape San Antonio. For the Argentine Navy tank landing ship, seeARA Cabo San Antonio (Q-42).

Cabo San Antonio
Cape
1837 map of western Cuba showing Cabo San Antonio
Cabo San Antonio Location of Cape San Antonio in Cuba
Coordinates:21°51′50.57″N84°55′13.53″W / 21.8640472°N 84.9204250°W /21.8640472; -84.9204250
Offshore water bodies	Caribbean Sea

Cape San Antonio (Spanish:Cabo San Antonio), is acape which forms the western extremity of theGuanahacabibes Peninsula and the western extremity ofCuba. It extends into theYucatán Channel,^[1] and is part of the municipality ofSandino, inPinar del Río Province.

According to theInternational Hydrographic Organization, the line between thelighthouse atCabo Catoche on the north tip of theYucatán Peninsula inMexico and thelighthouse at Cape San Antonio marks the division between theCaribbean Sea to the south andGulf of Mexico to the north.^[2]

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^Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 1037. Springfield, Massachusetts:Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997.
^"Limits of Oceans and Seas"(PDF).Special Publication No. 23, 3rd Edition.172 (4376). Monaco:International Hydrographic Bureau: 484. 1953.Bibcode:1953Natur.172R.484..doi:10.1038/172484b0. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2016-10-20. Retrieved29 December 2020.