Cayos Arenas

Cayos Arenas: coast and water

1170 m at 151°: Canal de los Barcos (channel); 4740 m at 333°: Las Coloradas (reef); 9480 m at 86°: Canal La Palometa (channel); 9660 m at 92°: Canal de La Corona (channel); 9680 m at 99°: Laguna de Flamenco (lagoon); 9790 m at 62°: Quebrado El Almirante (channel); 11400 m at 255°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 11690 m at 66°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef).

Cayos Arenas: islands

2340 m at 288°: Cayo Ranas (island); 7960 m at 173°: Cayo Rioja (island); 12090 m at 83°: Cayo Cabezos (island); 12510 m at 142°: Cayo Coco (island); 20570 m at 272°: Cayo Dama (island); 20720 m at 110°: Cayo Tinta (island); 20720 m at 281°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (island); 20780 m at 268°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 21020 m at 267°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 22460 m at 250°: Cayo Genovés (island); 23230 m at 279°: Cayo el Sombrero (island); 23490 m at 88°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (island).

Cayos Arenas: inland

12980 m at 202°: Meteoro (stream); 13290 m at 199°: Lagunitas (locality); 14450 m at 189°: Los Alemanes (locality); 16570 m at 214°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 17100 m at 198°: Las Marías (hamlet); 18010 m at 181°: Santa Mónica (hamlet).

Cayos Arenas: distances

12530 m at 194°: Salinas Bidos; 14590 m at 206°: Salinas La Teja; 18860 m at 223°: Playa Musulmanes; 76060 m at 257°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 89170 m at 260°: Port of Matanzas (port); 43060 m at 265°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 30500 m at 281°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo.

Cayos Arenas: close by

1090 m at 287°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 2340 m at 288°: Cayo Ranas (cay); 3180 m at 127°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 3810 m at 356°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 4750 m at 333°: Las Coloradas (reef); 6200 m at 236°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6720 m at 119°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 7530 m at 73°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 7970 m at 173°: Cayo Rioja (cay); 8010 m at 233°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 8470 m at 61°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 8910 m at 231°: Cayo Portillo (cay).

Cayos Arenas: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 3 salt works.

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Cayos Arenas: marine life records

271 records of 70 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2009: 164 fish, 96 corals, 7 echinoderms, 2 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 sponges. That is 38.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 22 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 13 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 13 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 11 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 8 (corals).

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

Cayos Arenas: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.