Archaeology · Isla de la Juventud
Cueva de Punta del Este
Cueva de Punta del Este is a cave with pictographs at 21°33′37″N 82°32′51″W in Isla de la Juventud province. Cave on the south coast of Isla de la Juventud with pre-Columbian painted circles.
Cueva de Punta del Este: coast and water
4120 m at 2°: Punta Rancho Viejo (point); 7040 m at 237°: Punta Brava (point); 8570 m at 236°: Quebrado de los Corrales (reef); 8700 m at 244°: Ciénaga de Playa Blanca (marsh); 9220 m at 238°: Punta La Siguaneita (point); 10060 m at 238°: Estero Quelonios (cove).
Cueva de Punta del Este: islands
10960 m at 86°: Cayo Matías (island); 14880 m at 1°: Cayo Balandra (island); 15990 m at 56°: Cayo Flamenco (island); 17800 m at 348°: Cayos Los Dos Hermanos (island group).
Cueva de Punta del Este: inland
6200 m at 242°: Seboruco (locality); 8610 m at 259°: Los Arroyitos (locality); 14140 m at 313°: La Noria (locality); 17200 m at 321°: Cerros de San Juan (hills); 18030 m at 324°: Recría Cuarenta y Ocho (ranch); 18140 m at 322°: GP La Reforma (farm); 18460 m at 320°: El Chalet (settlement); 18850 m at 319°: Vaquería Número Dos (ranch); 20770 m at 316°: Vaquería Número Seis (ranch); 21170 m at 316°: Briones Montoto (settlement); 21270 m at 292°: La Vega (settlement); 22250 m at 308°: Loma Dáguilla (hill); 22730 m at 339°: Itabo de Rojas (stream); 23570 m at 318°: Vaquería Número Nueve (ranch); 23670 m at 294°: Julio Antonio Mella (settlement); 25430 m at 326°: Embalse Antonio Briones Montoto (reservoir).
Cueva de Punta del Este: distances
19480 m at 244°: Playa Larga; 29850 m at 313°: Santa Fe; 33560 m at 327°: Júcaro; 39090 m at 321°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 160350 m at 353°: Port of Mariel (port); 100940 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).
Protected: 25480 m at 294°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.
Cueva de Punta del Este: close by
1300 m at 52°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 8570 m at 236°: Quebrado de los Corrales (reef); 10970 m at 86°: Cayo Matías (cay); 11000 m at 7°: Cayo Guayabo (cay); 12030 m at 86°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 12420 m at 47°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 12940 m at 12°: Cayo Melones (cay); 13980 m at 7°: Cayo Costilla (cay); 14880 m at 1°: Cayo Balandra (cay); 15960 m at 10°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 15990 m at 56°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 17790 m at 348°: Cayos Los Dos Hermanos (island group).
Cueva de Punta del Este: marine life records
168 records of 57 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2019: 125 sponges, 23 corals, 9 crustaceans, 4 other, 3 molluscs, 3 turtles, 1 fish. That is 53.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 29 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 22 (sponges); Agelas dilatata, 13 (sponges); Stichopathes, 11 (corals); Agelas citrina, 10 (sponges); Spirastrella, 5 (sponges); Coelocarteria bartschi, 5 (sponges); Xestospongia, 5 (sponges); Agelas, 3 (sponges); Plexauridae, 3 (corals); Callyspongia (Cladochalina) alcoladoi, 3 (sponges); Antipatharia, 2 (corals).
Months with records, turtles: Apr 1, Sep 1, Nov 1.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cueva de Punta del Este: notes
Leave any worked stone, shell or bone where it lies.
Sources and data
Name and position: CubaAtlas editorial; position from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (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.