Archipelagos · Ciego de Ávila

Cayo Anclitas

Satellite view of Cayo Anclitas, Cuba
Cayo Anclitas (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Anclitas is an island group at 20°47′55″N 78°55′24″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 20.79862, -78.9233120°47′55″N 78°55′24″W

Cayo Anclitas: coast and water

7260 m at 175°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 9850 m at 115°: Punta de Pilotos (point); 15610 m at 118°: Laguna de Boca Piedra (lagoon); 16180 m at 303°: Estero Las Auras (estuary); 18460 m at 304°: Punta Fraile (point); 19380 m at 87°: Canal de Cayo Largo (channel); 19940 m at 125°: Canal Cachiboca (channel); 21270 m at 303°: Punta Bayameses (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Anclitas
Cayo Anclitas, wider

Cayo Anclitas: islands

4120 m at 127°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 8290 m at 115°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 14410 m at 112°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 19740 m at 355°: Cayo Cargado (island); 21700 m at 28°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 21810 m at 68°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 24270 m at 104°: Cayo Vivero (island); 24950 m at 90°: Cayo Antón (island); 30460 m at 121°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 30660 m at 103°: Cayo Antoncito (island); 31220 m at 355°: Cayo Cuervo (island); 32920 m at 109°: Cayo Las Cruces (island).

Cayo Anclitas: inland

53570 m at 58°: Las Casimbas (locality); 58060 m at 61°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 58780 m at 49°: San Pedro (stream); 59490 m at 56°: Baltazar (locality).

Cayo Anclitas: distances

77150 m at 28°: Playa Santa María; 94770 m at 56°: La Clarita; 95140 m at 57°: Vertientes; 131200 m at 58°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 191630 m at 64°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 153450 m at 314°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 13870 m at 16°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Anclitas: close by

1810 m at 155°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 4110 m at 127°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 8290 m at 115°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 9240 m at 326°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 9240 m at 326°: Jardines de la Reina (reef); 9240 m at 326°: Jardines de la Reina (fishing); 10440 m at 111°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (cay); 11620 m at 305°: Cayo Mangle Alto (cay); 12990 m at 120°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 14410 m at 112°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 16190 m at 308°: Cayo Caballones (cay); 17050 m at 115°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group).

Cayo Anclitas: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves.

13870 m at 16°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina (parks & reserves).

Cayo Anclitas: marine life records

3149 records of 343 species within 15 km, 1997 to 2026: 1789 fish, 934 corals, 180 sponges, 66 sharks and rays, 47 crustaceans, 46 molluscs, 42 echinoderms, 23 other, 13 seabirds and shorebirds, 5 turtles, 4 seagrass and algae. That is 445.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 167 (corals); Acropora palmata, 166 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 115 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 109 (fish); Scarus iseri, 80 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 77 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 77 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 74 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 72 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 64 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 62 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 61 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.

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

Cayo Anclitas: 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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