Editing Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Guantanamo.jpg|thumb|Map of Guantánamo Bay showing approximate U.S. Naval Base boundaries|220x220px]]
[[File:GuantánamoBayTerritory2021OSM.png|thumb|Enlargeable, detailed map of Guantánamo Bay Naval Base]]
The Naval Base occupies three main geographical sections: Leeward Point, Windward Point, and [[Guantánamo Bay]]. Guantánamo Bay physically divides the Naval Station into sections. The bay extends past the boundaries of the base into Cuba, where the bay is then referred to as Bahía de Guantánamo. Guantánamo Bay contains several [[cay]]s, which are identified as Hospital Cay, Medico Cay, North Toro Cay, and South Toro Cay.

Leeward Point of the Naval Station is the site of the active airfield. Major geographical features on Leeward Point include Mohomilla Bay and the [[Guantánamo River]]. Three beaches exist on the Leeward side. Two are available for use by base residents, while the third, Hicacal Beach, is closed. Nearby is the US Naval Cemetery at Guantanamo Bay, also known as Cuzco Wells Cemetery. The cemetery holds over 350 burials including that of Captain Henry Smith who died as a result of injuries received during the sinking of his ship the SS Delmundo by the [[German submarine U-600]] on 13 August 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ericwiberg.com/2013/07/passenger-ship-delmundo-lost-in-the-windward-passage-to-u-600-under-bernhard-zurmuhlen-capt-henry-peter-smith-died-in-cuba |title=Passenger ship Delmundo lost in the Windward Passage to U-600 |last=Wiberg |first=Eric |date=6 July 2013 |website=Eric Wiberg Nautical Author & Historian |publisher= Eric Troels Wiberg |access-date=10 June 2024 |quote=}}</ref> 

Windward Point contains most of the activities at the Naval Station. There are nine beaches available to base personnel. The highest point on the base is John Paul Jones Hill (named after the [[American War of Independence|Revolutionary War]] [[John Paul Jones|hero of the same name]]) at a total of {{convert|495|ft}}.{{cn|date=September 2023}} The geography of Windward Point is such that there are many coves and peninsulas along the bay shoreline providing ideal areas for mooring ships.
According to Stephen Benz, Stephen Crane described the area as "craggy" and "cut with ravines."<ref name=":0" /> He also described the coastline as covered in ridges and "chalky cliffs".<ref name=":0" />