Serrana Bank, the Glossary
Table of Contents
16 relations: Atoll, Caribbean Sea, Cay, Colombia, Hurricane Felix, International Court of Justice, Kingdom of England, List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes, List of Guano Island claims, Lobster, Netherlands, Pedro Serrano (sailor), Quita Sueño Bank, Reef, Roncador Cay, United States.
- Atolls of Colombia
- Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act
- Caribbean islands of Colombia
- Islands of the West Caribbean
Atoll
An atoll is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon.
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.
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Cay
A cay, also spelled caye or key, is a small, low-elevation, sandy island on the surface of a coral reef.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Hurricane Felix
Hurricane Felix was an extremely powerful Category 5 Atlantic hurricane which was the southernmost-landfalling Category 5 storm on record, surpassing Hurricane Edith of 1971.
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International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice (ICJ; Cour internationale de justice, CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues.
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Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.
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List of Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes
A Category 5 Atlantic hurricane is a tropical cyclone that reaches Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, within the Atlantic Ocean to the north of the equator.
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List of Guano Island claims
A number of islands were claimed as insular areas on behalf of the United States under the Guano Islands Act of 1856.
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Lobster
Lobsters are malacostracans of the family Nephropidae (synonym Homaridae).
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
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Pedro Serrano (sailor)
Pedro Luis Serrano, also referred to as Pedro de Serrano, was a 16th century Spanish sailor who was allegedly marooned for seven to eight years on a small desert island.
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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. Serrana Bank and Quita Sueño Bank are Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act, Caribbean islands of Colombia, Former disputed islands and Former regions and territories of the United States.
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Reef
A reef is a ridge or shoal of rock, coral, or similar relatively stable material lying beneath the surface of a natural body of water.
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. Serrana Bank and Roncador Cay are atolls of Colombia, Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act, Caribbean islands of Colombia, Former disputed islands and islands of the West Caribbean.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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See also
Atolls of Colombia
- Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
- Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Roncador Bank
- Roncador Cay
- Serrana Bank
- Serranilla Bank
Caribbean islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act
- Alto Velo Island
- Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Isla de Aves
- Navassa Island
- Quita Sueño Bank
- Roncador Bank
- Roncador Cay
- Serrana Bank
- Serranilla Bank
- Sombrero, Anguilla
- Swan Islands, Honduras
Caribbean islands of Colombia
- Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
- Archipelago of San Bernardo
- Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Boquerón Island
- Cabruna Island
- Ceycén Island
- Crab Cay
- Fuerte Island
- Isla Barú
- Islote Sucre
- Múcura Island
- Mangle Island
- Maravilla Island
- Palma Island
- Panda Island
- Quita Sueño Bank
- Roncador Cay
- Rosario Islands
- San Andrés (island)
- Santa Cruz del Islote
- Serrana Bank
- Serranilla Bank
- Tierra Bomba Island
- Tintipán Island
- Tortuguilla Island
Islands of the West Caribbean
- Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
- Bajo Nuevo Bank
- Calala Island
- Isla de Aves
- Islands of Belize
- Roncador Cay
- San Andrés (island)
- Serrana Bank
- Serranilla Bank
- Western Caribbean zone