Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Satellite image of Guantanamo Bay, located in the Guantanamo province, southeast Cuba. This area is best known for the United States Naval Base established in 1898. The base is generally used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas. As of 2002, a small part of the base has housed suspected al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, who have been imprisoned without charge. Image taken on 14 November 2003 by Space Imaging's Ikonos satellite.