Campeche Bank is part of the Gulf of Mexico and extends from the Yucatan Straits in the east to the Tabasco-Campeche Basin in the west.[12] The Campeche ocean bank is 81 miles (130 km) from Mexico's geography of Campeche nautically bearing 100 nautical miles (120 mi; 190 km) south of the Tropic of Cancer.
 1965 realization of Campeche Bank | |
 Depiction of Campeche Bank & Yucatán Shelf | |
  Campeche Bank Location in Gulf of Mexico | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 22°30′N 89°0′W / 22.500°N 89.000°W |
| Archipelago | Campeche Bank |
| Adjacent to | |
| Total islands | Ten |
| Major islands | |
| Administration | |
| Federal Entity of Mexico | Campeche |
| Capital city | Campeche City |
| Additional information | |
| Campeche Knolls | |
Campeche Bank is cast as cays and reefs with islets encompassing Arrecife Alacran and Sigsbee Deep to the north with a southwest island arc of the Cayos Arcas archipelago isolated 92 nautical miles (106 mi; 170 km) north of Ciudad del Carmen.
References
edit- ^ Bahía de Campeche in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Arrecife Alacrán in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Cayo Arenas in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Triángulo Sur in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Triángulo Oeste in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Triángulo Este in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Obispo Norte Shoal in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Obispo Sur Shoal in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Cayos Arcas in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Banco Nuevo in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Banco Pera in Geonames.org (cc-by)
- ^ Campeche Bank in Geonames.org (cc-by)
External links
edit- Media related to Campeche Bank at Wikimedia Commons
- "Mexico - Maritime Zone Nautical Chart" [Secretaría de Marina - Armada de México ~ Nautical Chart SM030: Rio Bravo A Bahia De Chetumal]. Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. United Nations.
- "General Facts about the Gulf of Mexico" (PDF). U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. GulfBase.org.
- Klima, Edward F.; Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (1976). "An Assessment of the Fish Stocks and Fisheries of the Campeche Bank" [International Project for Development of Fisheries in the Western Central Atlantic ~ WECAF Studies, No. 5] (PDF). Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations. United Nations Development Programme.
