Campeche Bank

{{Short description|Ocean bank of the Gulf of Mexico}}

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| name = Campeche Bank

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| image_name = Campeche Bank Busby 1965 19.png

| image_size = 325px

| image_caption = 1965 realization of Campeche Bank

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| image_map = Campeche Yucatan Basin.jpg

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| image_map_caption = Depiction of Campeche Bank & Yucatán Shelf

| pushpin_map = Mexico

| pushpin_label = Campeche Bank

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gulf of Mexico

| coordinates = {{coord|22|30|N|89|0|W|region:ID_type:isle|display=inline,title}}

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| location = {{unbulleted list|Bay of Campeche[{{geonameslink|gnid=3531731|name=Bahía%20de%20Campeche}} Bahía de Campeche] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Yucatán Platform}}

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| archipelago = Campeche Bank

| waterbody = {{unbulleted list|Gulf of Mexico|Yucatán Channel}}

| total_islands = Ten

| major_islands = {{unbulleted list|Arrecife Alacranes[{{geonameslink|gnid=3533115|name=Arrecife%20Alacrán}} Arrecife Alacrán] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Cayo Arenas[{{geonameslink|gnid=3532741|name=Cayo%20Arenas}} Cayo Arenas] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Triángulo Sur[{{geonameslink|gnid=3515104|name=Triángulo%20Sur}} Triángulo Sur] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Triángulo Oeste[{{geonameslink|gnid=3515106|name=Triángulo%20Oeste}} Triángulo Oeste] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Triángulo Este[{{geonameslink|gnid=3515107|name=Triángulo%20Este}} Triángulo Este] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Banco Obispo Norte[{{geonameslink|gnid=3715360|name=Obispo%20Norte%20Shoal}} Obispo Norte Shoal] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Banco Obispo Sur[{{geonameslink|gnid=3715359|name=Obispo%20Sur%20Shoal}} Obispo Sur Shoal] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Cayos Arcas[{{geonameslink|gnid=3532759|name=Cayos%20Arcas}} Cayos Arcas] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Banco Nuevo[{{geonameslink|gnid=3715362|name=Nuevo%20Bank}} Banco Nuevo] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]|Banco Pera[{{geonameslink|gnid=3715342|name=Pera%20Bank}} Banco Pera] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)]}}

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| country = Mexico

| country_admin_divisions_title = United Mexican States

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| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Federal Entity of Mexico

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Campeche

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| country_capital_type = Capital

| country_capital = Campeche City

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| additional_info = Campeche Knolls

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Campeche Bank is part of the Gulf of Mexico and extends from the Yucatan Straits in the east to the Tabasco-Campeche Basin in the west.[{{geonameslink|gnid=3531729|name=Campeche%20Bank}} Campeche Bank] in [{{geonamesabout}} Geonames.org (cc-by)] The Campeche ocean bank is {{convert|81|mi|km}} from Mexico's geography of Campeche nautically bearing {{convert|100|nmi|mi km}} south of the Tropic of Cancer.

Campeche Bank is cast as cays and reefs with islets encompassing Arrecife Alacran and Sigsbee Deep to the north with a southwest island arc of the Cayos Arcas archipelago isolated {{convert|92|nmi|mi km}} north of Ciudad del Carmen.