El Chorro de Maita

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.