Archipelagos · Pinar del Río
Archipiélago de los Colorados
Archipiélago de los Colorados is an island group at 22°38′59″N 84°09′00″W in Pinar del Río province.
Archipiélago de los Colorados: coast and water
6810 m at 98°: Punta Canal Blanco (point); 7000 m at 123°: Ensenada Río del Medio (bay); 7090 m at 105°: Laguna Caraballo (lagoon); 7090 m at 105°: Ensenada Hicacos (cove); 8550 m at 90°: Ensenada Ristra de Ajos (cove); 9310 m at 67°: Canalizo Norte (channel); 10590 m at 209°: Estero Jacobo (bay); 11520 m at 216°: Punta Tabaco (point).
Archipiélago de los Colorados: islands
9750 m at 85°: Cayo Pimienta (island); 13710 m at 63°: Cayo Jutías (island); 14030 m at 218°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 15140 m at 222°: Cayo Diego (island); 15630 m at 206°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 17080 m at 64°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (island); 17110 m at 210°: Cayo Escalón (island); 17150 m at 206°: Cayo Largo (island); 19170 m at 79°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 19170 m at 79°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 24460 m at 227°: Cayo Rapado Grande (island); 25940 m at 71°: Los Cayuelos (island group).
Archipiélago de los Colorados: inland
6530 m at 148°: Río Baja (stream); 7610 m at 167°: Arroyo Zarzal (stream); 7780 m at 118°: Arroyo Salado (stream); 8170 m at 155°: Baja (locality); 12660 m at 126°: Hicaco (locality); 13830 m at 132°: Santa Rosa (locality).
Archipiélago de los Colorados: distances
7610 m at 193°: Playa Alejo; 19140 m at 87°: Santa Lucía; 21950 m at 110°: Minas de Matahambre; 167300 m at 123°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 148380 m at 75°: Port of Mariel (port); 119730 m at 224°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Protected: 37910 m at 101°: Parque Nacional Viñales.
Archipiélago de los Colorados: close by
9750 m at 85°: Cayo Pimienta (cay); 13710 m at 62°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 14030 m at 218°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 15140 m at 222°: Cayo Diego (cay); 15640 m at 206°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 16980 m at 61°: Cayo Médano (cay); 17080 m at 64°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (cay); 17080 m at 64°: Médano de Jutías (reef); 17120 m at 210°: Cayo Escalón (cay); 17150 m at 206°: Cayo Largo (cay); 19170 m at 79°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 19170 m at 79°: Cayos La Garza (island group).
Archipiélago de los Colorados: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 historic & heritage, 1 attractions, 1 trails & viewpoints.
8390 m at 119°: Casa de Saidelin (guest houses & hostels); 10210 m at 147°: Cementerio de Baja (historic & heritage); 10860 m at 63°: Punta César y Ella (attractions).
Archipiélago de los Colorados: marine life records
73 records of 50 species within 15 km, 1885 to 2023: 13 fish, 13 corals, 12 echinoderms, 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 crustaceans, 7 other, 6 seagrass and algae, 2 sponges, 1 molluscs. That is 10.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus, 3 (other); Ophiura acervata, 3 (echinoderms); Trochopsammia infundibulum, 3 (corals); Heteroptychus brevis, 3 (crustaceans); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Lytechinus variegatus, 2 (echinoderms); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Munidopsis espinis, 2 (crustaceans).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Archipiélago de los Colorados: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Getting to Archipiélago de los Colorados
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías 2 stands about 15 km away.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías stands about 15 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: 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.