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Guantánamo Bay is listed as ‘permanently closed’ on Google Maps

  • The U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, houses the American...

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    The U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, houses the American detention center for 'enemy combatants'.

  • Detainees in Guantánamo have been subjected to waterboarding and force-feeding.

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    Detainees in Guantánamo have been subjected to waterboarding and force-feeding.

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Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp is “permanently closed,” at least according to Google Maps.

The controversial prison, which is still open despite presidential attempts to shut it down, is listed on Google Maps as “closed”.

President Obama ordered the prison known for waterboarding and force-feeding its prisoners to be closed in 2009 but it remains open with more than 140 prisoners.

Reviewers on Google Maps gave the camp in Cuba a 3.3-star user rating overall.

There are 162 reviews of the detention camp, most of which appear to be jokes calling it a resort.

“I don’t see the point of checking out,” wrote a reviewer who gave Gitmo five stars. “I’ll be staying here for life.”

Detainees in Guantánamo have been subjected to waterboarding and force-feeding.
Detainees in Guantánamo have been subjected to waterboarding and force-feeding.

Google did not return requests for comment by the Daily News before publication.

The site uses crowd-sourcing tools to make edits, so people can recommend changes through Google Map Maker.

Incorrect edits have been made before, which a North Carolina lesbian couple learned after discovering their street name had been changed to “Fagits live here” about a month ago.

But Google editors usually review edits to “high profile features such as National Highways and well-known landmarks,” according to Google’s FAQ.

Obama said he still hopes to close Guantánamo and transfer prisoners to the Thomson Correctional Center, a nearly empty prison in Illinois.

Congress prevented Gitmo’s closure in 2010 by prohibiting the transfer of overseas detainees to America. Legislators tacked the ban to a critical defense spending law to ensure it was passed.

The prison camp opened under the Bush administration after 9/11 and military operations in Afghanistan.

At least seven detainees have died in custody in the camp that costs about $150 million a year, according to CNN.

Last year, a petition to close Gitmo garnered more than 75,000 signatures in less than 24 hours as more than 100 detainees were on hunger strikes.

rblidner@nydailynews.com