Santa Marta Bay Explained

Santa Marta Bay
Pushpin Map:Colombia
Location:Santa Marta, Colombia
Coords:11.2411°N -74.2189°W
Oceans:Caribbean Sea
Countries:Colombia

Santa Marta Bay (Spanish; Castilian: 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Efraín Otero Álvarez, Lina Mosquera Aguirre, Gerardo Silva Castro, Julio César Guzmán Victoria . Golfos y bahías de Colombia . 24 December 2012 . Banco de Occidente . Bogotá . 978-958-95504-2-7 .