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Serrana Bank is an atoll in the western Caribbean Sea. According to Wikipedia, it is a mostly underwater reef about 50 kilometers (31 miles) long and 13 kilometers (8 miles) wide and has six cays, or islets, the largest of which is Southwest Cay. Serrana Bank is believed to be named after the Spanish castaway Pedro Serrano. It was first shown with this name on a Dutch map in 1545. The area was mapped more extensively by the English in 1660. A former base for the U.S. military, it is now mostly visited by lobster fishermen. It is now Colombian territory, though it was formerly claimed by the United States.
Roncador Cay is a small island of the Roncador Bank, also located in the western Caribbean, 150 kilometers (93 miles) east-northeast of Providencia Island. In 1972, the U.S. and Colombia signed a treaty recognizing Colombia’s
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