Archipelagos · Ciego de Ávila

Cayería La Baliza

Satellite view of Cayería La Baliza, Cuba
Cayería La Baliza (Esri, Maxar)

Cayería La Baliza is an island group at 22°29′11″N 78°49′26″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 22.48635, -78.8237622°29′11″N 78°49′26″W

Cayería La Baliza: coast and water

1930 m at 95°: Canalizo del Abogado (channel); 3730 m at 79°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel); 11280 m at 169°: Punta Salina (point); 11770 m at 80°: Punta Jutía (point); 11820 m at 192°: Playa Mamón (beach); 12350 m at 69°: Lagunato de Mortero (lagoon); 15070 m at 225°: Playa Jatibonico del Norte (beach); 16430 m at 163°: Canal Esterón (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayería La Baliza
Cayería La Baliza, wider

Cayería La Baliza: islands

2880 m at 17°: Cayo Los Pargos (island); 4510 m at 329°: Cayo Partido (island); 6540 m at 360°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 9320 m at 37°: Cayo Contrabando (islet); 9550 m at 17°: Cayo Flores (island); 11350 m at 51°: Cayo Pilón (islet); 11870 m at 72°: Cayo Jutía (island); 15000 m at 141°: Cayo Vaca (island); 15470 m at 60°: Cayo Güincho (island); 17140 m at 62°: Cayo Valle Cobo (island); 18270 m at 144°: Cayo Caimitos (island); 18660 m at 72°: Cayos Piedra de la Caridad (island group).

Cayería La Baliza: inland

11770 m at 159°: Máximo Gómez (sugar mill); 12130 m at 191°: Mario Martínez (locality); 12190 m at 191°: Loma de Aja (hill); 14800 m at 198°: El Recreo (locality); 14870 m at 168°: Pozo Dulce (hamlet); 14900 m at 225°: Jatibonico del Norte (stream).

Cayería La Baliza: distances

19720 m at 172°: Kilo 9; 25710 m at 209°: Arroyo de Agua; 25710 m at 209°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 50980 m at 93°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 170410 m at 258°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 19650 m at 56°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 23820 m at 323°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 31410 m at 90°: Reserva Ecológica de Cayo Coco; 35030 m at 255°: Parque Nacional Caguanes.

Cayería La Baliza: close by

2890 m at 17°: Cayo Los Pargos (cay); 2970 m at 2°: Cayo Candela (cay); 4510 m at 52°: Cayo Piso (cay); 4510 m at 329°: Cayo Partido (cay); 6510 m at 319°: Cayo Gordo de Patabán (cay); 6540 m at 360°: Cayos Los Anegadizos (island group); 6620 m at 319°: Cayo Gordo (cay); 6650 m at 359°: Cayo Los Anegadizos (cay); 7640 m at 37°: Cayo La Cáscara (cay); 8920 m at 56°: Cayo El Sapo (cay); 9090 m at 76°: Cayo Cubera (cay); 9320 m at 37°: Cayo Contrabando (cay).

Cayería La Baliza: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 stores & supermarkets, 4 salt works, 4 schools, 3 factories & works, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 banks & exchange, 1 fuel stations, 1 places of worship, 1 markets & malls, 1 theatres & arts.

11740 m at 178°: Parque "Camilo Cienfuegos" (urban parks & plazas); 12050 m at 159°: Cine Buena Vista (theatres & arts); 12500 m at 170°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 13780 m at 156°: Campismo de Punta Alegre (camp sites).

Cayería La Baliza: marine life records

169 records of 93 species within 15 km, 2000 to 2025: 62 fish, 46 seabirds and shorebirds, 15 molluscs, 11 crustaceans, 8 echinoderms, 8 seagrass and algae, 7 sharks and rays, 6 corals, 5 marine mammals, 1 other. That is 23.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Dendrocygna arborea, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 9 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sesuvium portulacastrum, 6 (seagrass and algae); Oreaster reticulatus, 6 (echinoderms); Sterna maxima, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 5 (seabirds and shorebirds); Grapsus grapsus, 4 (crustaceans); Benthocometes robustus, 4 (fish); Zalieutes mcgintyi, 4 (fish); Cardisoma guanhumi, 3 (crustaceans); Nerita versicolor, 3 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 3, Sep 2.

Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.

Cayería La Baliza: notes

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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.

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