Archipelagos · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Bergantines
Cayo Bergantines is an island group at 20°58′17″N 78°49′33″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Bergantines: coast and water
7230 m at 333°: Bajo Manuel Gómez (shoal); 13700 m at 306°: Canal de Cuervo (channel); 20350 m at 153°: Canal de Cayo Largo (channel); 21420 m at 221°: Canal Caballones (channel); 23070 m at 216°: Punta Caballones (point); 24560 m at 253°: Punta Fraile Norte (point); 24610 m at 182°: Canal de Boca de Piedra Chica (channel); 25320 m at 24°: Cabezo Orejón (reef).
Cayo Bergantines: islands
11750 m at 272°: Cayo Cargado (island); 11850 m at 90°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 14950 m at 137°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 16380 m at 138°: Cayo Cucaracha (island); 22880 m at 181°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (island); 24750 m at 248°: Cayo Caballones (island); 24830 m at 173°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 28540 m at 152°: Cayo Vivero (island); 33590 m at 318°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 34710 m at 155°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (island); 36130 m at 143°: Cayo Galán (island); 36430 m at 161°: Cayo Ballena (islet).
Cayo Bergantines: inland
41560 m at 70°: Baltazar (locality); 42310 m at 53°: Caney de José Antonio (locality); 45880 m at 68°: Ojo de Agua (locality); 46770 m at 79°: San Ramón (locality); 47030 m at 83°: Santo Domingo (hamlet); 47300 m at 75°: El Flamenco (locality).
Cayo Bergantines: distances
55450 m at 29°: Playa Santa María; 76350 m at 64°: La Clarita; 77050 m at 66°: Vertientes; 112990 m at 64°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 174560 m at 68°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 148890 m at 306°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 8650 m at 228°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayo Bergantines: close by
140 m at 256°: Cayos Bergantines (cay); 4490 m at 195°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 7980 m at 113°: Cayo Bonito (cay); 9100 m at 359°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 10530 m at 34°: Cayo Algodoncito (cay); 11750 m at 272°: Cayo Cargado (cay); 11840 m at 90°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 14950 m at 138°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (cay); 16370 m at 138°: Cayo Cucaracha (cay); 17550 m at 313°: Cayo Cuervo (cay); 18010 m at 37°: Cayo Algodón Grande (cay); 19090 m at 233°: Jardines de la Reina (island group).
Cayo Bergantines: on and around
Within 15 km: 6 coral reefs, 1 parks & reserves.
8650 m at 228°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina (parks & reserves).
Cayo Bergantines: marine life records
117 records of 59 species within 15 km, 2007 to 2026: 67 fish, 24 sharks and rays, 13 corals, 6 other, 4 turtles, 2 crustaceans, 1 echinoderms. That is 16.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Carcharhinus perezii, 16 (sharks and rays); Epinephelus striatus, 10 (fish); Epinephelus itajara, 9 (fish); Mycteroperca bonaci, 7 (fish); Balistes vetula, 6 (fish); Crocodylus acutus, 6 (other); Carcharhinus falciformis, 5 (sharks and rays); Mycteroperca venenosa, 3 (fish); Eretmochelys imbricata, 3 (turtles); Lutjanus cyanopterus, 2 (fish); Apogon townsendi, 2 (fish); Malacoctenus aurolineatus, 1 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Bergantines: 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.