Archipelagos · Pinar del Río
Cayería de Limones
Cayería de Limones is an island group at 22°33′00″N 84°13′59″W in Pinar del Río province.
Cayería de Limones: coast and water
5460 m at 70°: Estero Picadura (inlet); 5460 m at 70°: Estero Blanco (inlet); 8510 m at 69°: Punta de Baja (point); 10200 m at 57°: Ensenada de Baja (bay); 10440 m at 80°: Bolsón de Baja (bay); 10780 m at 210°: Ensenada la Blanquilla (bay); 11670 m at 59°: Pasa Las Barbacoas (channel); 12670 m at 54°: Punta Alonso Rojas (point).
Cayería de Limones: islands
1490 m at 261°: Cayo Diego (island); 3400 m at 150°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 3700 m at 180°: Cayo Escalón (island); 4510 m at 165°: Cayo Largo (island); 10850 m at 239°: Cayo Rapado Grande (island); 11060 m at 218°: Cayo Murias (island); 11340 m at 229°: Cayo Babún (island); 14030 m at 38°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 16140 m at 229°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 21820 m at 57°: Cayo Pimienta (island); 24560 m at 228°: Cayo de Buenavista (island); 27090 m at 50°: Cayo Jutías (island).
Cayería de Limones: inland
7230 m at 182°: Dimas (settlement); 8870 m at 203°: Rosa (stream); 9420 m at 190°: Pinal Ciego (hamlet); 9990 m at 169°: Pueblo Nuevo (settlement); 10440 m at 80°: Río Brazo de Canoa (stream); 10590 m at 151°: Yaguasa (locality).
Cayería de Limones: distances
7780 m at 62°: Playa Alejo; 12050 m at 209°: Playa Las Canas; 29350 m at 191°: Mantua; 169110 m at 118°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 159760 m at 72°: Port of Mariel (port); 105790 m at 224°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Cayería de Limones: close by
1490 m at 262°: Cayo Diego (cay); 3400 m at 150°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 3710 m at 180°: Cayo Escalón (cay); 4510 m at 165°: Cayo Largo (cay); 10850 m at 239°: Cayo Rapado Grande (cay); 11060 m at 218°: Cayo Murias (cay); 11350 m at 229°: Cayo Babún (cay); 14030 m at 38°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 16140 m at 229°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 21820 m at 57°: Cayo Pimienta (cay); 24550 m at 228°: Cayo de Buenavista (cay); 24860 m at 227°: Cayo de Buenavista (island group).
Cayería de Limones: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 historic & heritage.
14270 m at 80°: Cementerio de Baja (historic & heritage).
Cayería de Limones: marine life records
44 records of 29 species within 15 km, 1885 to 2022: 10 echinoderms, 9 corals, 8 other, 5 molluscs, 5 crustaceans, 3 fish, 2 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals. That is 6.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus, 3 (other); Ophiura acervata, 3 (echinoderms); Trochopsammia infundibulum, 3 (corals); Heteroptychus brevis, 3 (crustaceans); Munidopsis espinis, 2 (crustaceans); Rhabdopectella, 2 (sponges); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Hemiramphus balao, 2 (fish); Histampica duplicata, 2 (echinoderms); Keratoisis, 2 (corals); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Aplysia dactylomela, 1 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayería de Limones: notes
Trips to island groups are booked in advance.
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.