Archipelagos · Isla de la Juventud

Cayería Los Boquerones

Satellite view of Cayería Los Boquerones, Cuba
Cayería Los Boquerones (Esri, Maxar)

Cayería Los Boquerones is an island group at 21°33′38″N 83°03′59″W in Isla de la Juventud province.

GPS 21.56063, -83.0662621°33′38″N 83°03′59″W

Cayería Los Boquerones: coast and water

4780 m at 286°: Punta Los Boquerones (point); 6880 m at 10°: Ensenada de la Siguanea (bay); 6960 m at 230°: Caleta Grande (bay); 8790 m at 253°: Punta Lugo (point); 9450 m at 194°: Estero de Simeón (cove); 10190 m at 187°: Cabo Pepe (cape); 10590 m at 277°: Caleta de Pedernales (cove); 11350 m at 161°: Caleta del Infierno (cove); 11730 m at 290°: Cabezo de Moya (reef); 11780 m at 47°: Playa Roja (beach); 12080 m at 294°: Ensenada El Puerto (bay); 12490 m at 147°: Caleta del Purgatorio (cove); 12790 m at 70°: Río Siguanea (estuary); 13250 m at 296°: Punta La Carreta (point); 14060 m at 14°: Punta Los Indios (point); 18120 m at 9°: Laguna Cementerio de Los Perros (lagoon).

Wider satellite view around Cayería Los Boquerones
Cayería Los Boquerones, wider

Cayería Los Boquerones: islands

3850 m at 107°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 5900 m at 290°: Cayo Cocodrilos (island); 14980 m at 298°: Cayo Buch (island); 15130 m at 300°: Cayo Francés (island); 29170 m at 360°: Cayo Mangle (island); 29450 m at 55°: Isla de la Juventud (island).

Cayería Los Boquerones: inland

6630 m at 265°: Hato Milián (ranch); 6720 m at 218°: Caleta Grande (settlement); 6880 m at 234°: Davis (settlement); 8270 m at 258°: Lugo (locality); 9050 m at 99°: Palma Garza (locality); 9240 m at 114°: Gómez (locality); 10590 m at 289°: Cueva Los Alemanes (cave); 10990 m at 162°: Jorobado (locality); 11710 m at 297°: El Cayuelo (locality); 12030 m at 59°: Loma Siguanea (hills); 13140 m at 54°: Siguanea (settlement); 19030 m at 15°: Hondo (stream).

Cayería Los Boquerones: distances

11780 m at 47°: Playa Roja; 28040 m at 357°: Playa Buenavista; 28300 m at 42°: Municipio Especial Isla de la Juventud; 42190 m at 44°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 162240 m at 12°: Port of Mariel (port); 154510 m at 87°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 7530 m at 277°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés; 31980 m at 71°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.

Cayería Los Boquerones: close by

3850 m at 106°: Cayo Los Pájaros (cay); 5900 m at 290°: Cayo Cocodrilos (cay); 5950 m at 67°: Cabezo Punta Sucia (reef); 11730 m at 290°: Cabezo de Moya (reef); 12150 m at 33°: Perca (reef); 14840 m at 301°: Punta Francés (reef); 14980 m at 298°: Cayo Buch (cay); 15130 m at 300°: Cayo Francés (cay).

Cayería Los Boquerones: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves, 1 coral reefs, 1 marinas, 1 attractions, 1 mines & quarries.

7530 m at 277°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés (parks & reserves); 10850 m at 55°: Marina Colony (marinas); 10890 m at 340°: pesquero mío (attractions); 13470 m at 57°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cayería Los Boquerones: marine life records

994 records of 196 species within 15 km, 1919 to 2017: 452 fish, 242 corals, 210 sponges, 37 crustaceans, 26 seagrass and algae, 18 other, 5 molluscs, 2 marine mammals, 1 sharks and rays, 1 turtles. That is 140.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 56 (sponges); Siderastrea siderea, 36 (corals); Agelas sceptrum, 35 (sponges); Millepora complanata, 32 (corals); Scarus iseri, 31 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 29 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 29 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 24 (fish); Porites astreoides, 23 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 20 (corals).

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

Cayería Los Boquerones: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.

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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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