Misteriosa Bank

The Misteriosa Bank ()Derrotero de las islas Antillas, de las costas de Tierra Firme y de las del Seno Mexicano p. 420 is a submerged bank or atoll in the Caribbean Sea, located at – approximately equidistant from Mexico (), Honduras () and Cuba (). Geographical data The Misteriosa Bank is long and wide. Its area is .Atoll area, depth and rainfall Immediately south of it is Rosario Bank. The closest piece of land is the Swan Islands, Honduras, to the south and separated from it by the more than Cayman Trough. The reported depth is on the averageJournal Entry - October 27, 1999 - Day 46 or up to , with depths of along the rim, or .Sector 6. Coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico It is part of the Cayman Ridge.Cayman Islands

It is part of a cluster of seamounts of the Cayman mountain range contained in Honduras (Misteriosa, Rosario, Maud, Albion and Viciosas).

History The bank was first reported by Spanish navigator Tomás Nicolás de Villa in April 1787.

In the 19th century, Charles Darwin mentioned the Misteriosa Bank as an example of the sharply descending coral reef in his book Coral Reefs:Darwin, Charles; Coral Reefs, Appendix 5, West Indies

Currently, a buoy has been anchored to the seabed of this feature. It appears to have been claimed by the Principality of New Utopia. The placing of the buoy was filmed by a German film crew and broadcast by Arte television on satellite. New Utopia maintains no state claims and wants to build a form of micronation on top of it, using concrete blocks.

Misteriosa Bank

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