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Description:
Being the capital city of Uruguay, this is a busy and important port. It lies on the northern shore of the River Platte estuary which is, at this point, some 50NM wide.
It is a popular cruise ship destination having beautiful colonial buildings and attractive beaches.
The wreck of a British ship called Lord Clive, which was sunk by the Spanish in 1763, lies 4.8 meters (16 feet) below the surface and only 347 meters (380 yards) off Colonia del Sacramento, further up river and west of Montevideo. The ship contains 1.2 billion Euros of gold bullion. In February 2017 a team of divers was to begin recovery of this 64 gun vessel.
Position:
34° 54.2'S, 56° 12.2'W
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In May 2015, we discovered that Buceo has been dredged since our cruising guide information was produced, so with a 2-metre draft, we had no problem mooring to their docks. Buceo gets a lot of surge in anything easterly, but is friendly and has good facilities.