Santa Marta Bay

Santa Marta Bay
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Santa Marta Bay is located in Colombia
Santa Marta Bay
Santa Marta Bay
LocationSanta Marta, Colombia
Coordinates11°14′28″N 74°13′08″W / 11.24111°N 74.21889°W / 11.24111; -74.21889
Ocean/sea sourcesCaribbean Sea
Basin countriesColombia

Santa Marta Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Santa Marta) is a bay located in the Caribbean Sea, in northern Magdalena Department of Colombia. Its waters bathe the city of Santa Marta, the country's second port in the Caribbean.[1]

In the vicinity of the bay is the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, which is the highest intertropical mountain in the world by the sea.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Efraín Otero Álvarez, Lina Mosquera Aguirre, Gerardo Silva Castro, Julio César Guzmán Victoria. Golfos y bahías de Colombia. Bogotá: Banco de Occidente. ISBN 978-958-95504-2-7. Retrieved 24 December 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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