It is the culmination of an area of coral reef, some 300 kilometres (190 mi) long, that extends eastward from Cabo Gracias a Dios.

A detached 11 metres (36 ft) patch lies near the southwest edge of the bank, 21.7 kilometres (13.5 mi) west of the southern end of this ledge.

A depth of 10.9 metres (35 ft 9 in) lies close to the northern edge of the bank.

A detached 11 metres (36 ft) patch lies on the northern part of the bank.

Under the treaty, however, Colombia accepted a boundary that placed Rosalind within Honduras's exclusive economic zone.