Archaeology · Holguín
El Chorro de Maita
El Chorro de Maita is an archaeological site at 21°05′04″N 75°48′57″W in Holguín province. El Chorro de Maíta is an archaeological site near Guardalavaca in Eastern Cuba spanning the late prehistoric through early colonial periods, from around 1300 to around 1550 AD.
El Chorro de Maita: coast and water
5420 m at 359°: Punta Cañetes (point); 5780 m at 54°: Punta Guayacanes (point); 6010 m at 314°: Punta Guardalavaca (point); 6030 m at 48°: Punta Sotavento (point); 6160 m at 299°: Estero Ciego (cove); 6260 m at 282°: Bahía de Naranjo (bay).
El Chorro de Maita: inland
1670 m at 220°: Haciendas Yaguajay (locality); 2010 m at 2°: Yaguajay (settlement); 2600 m at 125°: Lindero (hamlet); 3230 m at 171°: Los Riscos (hamlet); 3240 m at 147°: Pan de Samá (hill); 3720 m at 85°: Cañadón (settlement); 4370 m at 334°: Guardalavaca (settlement); 4390 m at 91°: Vista Alegre de Cañadón (settlement); 4490 m at 281°: Cayo Naranjo (settlement); 4700 m at 101°: Vega de Samá (settlement); 5200 m at 130°: Samá Arriba (settlement); 5240 m at 223°: Río Tío Mongo (stream); 5240 m at 223°: Arroyo Arroyón (stream); 5240 m at 223°: Arroyo La Uvilla (stream); 5370 m at 256°: La Canela (settlement); 5460 m at 111°: Mediana (locality).
El Chorro de Maita: distances
3920 m at 355°: Guardalavaca; 6610 m at 299°: Playa Esmeralda; 12320 m at 278°: Playa Pesquera Nueva; 61670 m at 237°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 28310 m at 164°: Port of Antilla (port); 123220 m at 183°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 4770 m at 130°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo; 17120 m at 146°: Comité Militar Banes.
El Chorro de Maita: close by
10 m at 70°: Museo de Sitio Chorro de Maíta: Cementerio Aborígen (site); 3230 m at 51°: Sitio Arqueológico El Porvenir (site); 4470 m at 335°: Guardalavaca (reef); 4870 m at 132°: Loma de Samá (site); 4880 m at 132°: Sitio Arqueológico Loma de Samá (site); 6580 m at 289°: Delfinario Bahía de Naranjo (fishing); 8490 m at 57°: Los Corrales (fishing); 15800 m at 97°: 1er Corral (fishing); 15810 m at 97°: 1er Corral (fishing); 20910 m at 179°: Sitio de pesca (fishing); 20940 m at 265°: Cayo Bariay (cay); 21020 m at 266°: Sitio Arqueológico (site).
El Chorro de Maita: on and around
Within 15 km: 39 guest houses & hostels, 27 schools, 24 stores & supermarkets, 18 clinics & polyclinics, 12 stadiums & sport, 9 factories & works, 8 attractions, 8 places of worship, 7 historic & heritage, 7 urban parks & plazas.
10 m at 70°: Museo de Sitio Chorro de Maíta: Cementerio Aborígen (historic & heritage); 80 m at 39°: Aldea Taina (museums); 160 m at 257°: Rey montana (attractions); 330 m at 209°: Campamento de Pioneros Exploradores (camp sites); 1630 m at 342°: Área de Visitas (urban parks & plazas); 1830 m at 231°: Lomas de Yaguajay (peaks & volcanoes); 2010 m at 1°: Dulce Vida (guest houses & hostels); 2010 m at 1°: B&B Hostal Carmen (guest houses & hostels); 2010 m at 1°: Casa Particular Villa Martinez (guest houses & hostels); 2350 m at 320°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 3060 m at 142°: Altura Pan de Samá (peaks & volcanoes); 3220 m at 74°: Cantera Rocoso Azul Cañadón (mines & quarries); 3230 m at 51°: Sitio Arqueológico El Porvenir (historic & heritage).
El Chorro de Maita: marine life records
552 records of 182 species within 10 km, 1995 to 2026: 253 fish, 79 seabirds and shorebirds, 64 molluscs, 63 crustaceans, 36 corals, 25 echinoderms, 18 seagrass and algae, 11 sponges, 2 other, 1 sharks and rays. That is 175.7 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 23 (crustaceans); Halichoeres bivittatus, 18 (fish); Scarus iseri, 18 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Gorgonia ventalina, 16 (corals); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 15 (fish); Charadrius vociferus, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sparisoma viride, 13 (fish); Ocypode quadrata, 12 (crustaceans); Cenchritis muricatus, 12 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 11 (seabirds and shorebirds).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 5, Mar 1, May 5, Oct 3, Nov 2.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
El Chorro de Maita: notes
Leave any worked stone, shell or bone where it lies.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikidata (CC0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.