Campeche Bank Explained

Campeche Bank
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Image Map Caption:Depiction of Campeche Bank & Yucatán Shelf
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label:Campeche Bank
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Gulf of Mexico
Coordinates:22.5°N -89°W
Archipelago:Campeche Bank
Total Islands:Ten
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Country:Mexico
Country Admin Divisions Title:United Mexican States
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Federal Entity of Mexico
Country Admin Divisions 1:Campeche
Country Capital Type:Capital
Country Capital:Campeche City
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Additional Info:Campeche Knolls

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.[1] The Campeche ocean bank is 81miles from Mexico's geography of Campeche nautically bearing 100nmi south of the Tropic of Cancer.

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 92nmi north of Ciudad del Carmen.

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  1. Campeche Bank