Bay of Pigs

Common card · No. 229591

The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de Cochinos) is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones, located on the southern coast of Cuba. By 1910, it was included in Santa Clara Province and then Las Villas Province by 1961, but in 1976, it was reassigned to Matanzas Province, when the original six provinces of Cuba were re-organized into 14 new Provinces of Cuba. The area is a site known for its diving, with an abundance of marine fauna, e.g., 30 species of sponges belonging to 19 families and 21 genera, to be found in the bay. The bay is historically known for being the site of the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Vgenecr at Dutch Wikipedia, Public domain