Cayos Balandias

Cayos Balandias: coast and water

3210 m at 81°: Canal de Balandras (channel); 3450 m at 113°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 3490 m at 144°: Bajo Damián (reef); 5130 m at 166°: Punta de Niquero (point); 6230 m at 113°: Ciénaga Manáguano (marsh); 6490 m at 217°: Pasa Azuaga (channel); 6630 m at 279°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 10190 m at 192°: Punta Cachón (point).

Cayos Balandias: islands

600 m at 299°: Cayo Huevo (island); 1300 m at 73°: Cayo Antonia (island); 1510 m at 71°: Cayo Cocos (island); 1800 m at 285°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 1920 m at 113°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 2850 m at 104°: Cayo Piragua (island); 4360 m at 166°: Cayo Niquero (island); 4510 m at 135°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 6530 m at 198°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 6730 m at 322°: Cayo Pajáros (island); 7250 m at 323°: Cayo Palomino (island); 13020 m at 202°: Cayo Los Limones (island group).

Cayos Balandias: inland

5860 m at 123°: Arroyo Guaimaral (stream); 8210 m at 139°: Argote (locality); 8790 m at 107°: Sevilla Abajo (settlement); 8950 m at 181°: Santa Catalina (locality); 9270 m at 169°: Guanito (settlement); 9500 m at 188°: Cañada Jondón (stream).

Cayos Balandias: distances

6530 m at 145°: Niquero; 15930 m at 197°: Belic; 19320 m at 74°: Media Luna; 58950 m at 69°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 165850 m at 13°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 181780 m at 94°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 25740 m at 158°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayos Balandias: close by

600 m at 299°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 1300 m at 73°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 1510 m at 71°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 1810 m at 285°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 1920 m at 113°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 2860 m at 104°: Cayo Piragua (cay); 3490 m at 144°: Bajo Damián (reef); 4360 m at 166°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 4470 m at 302°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 4510 m at 135°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 5530 m at 210°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 6530 m at 198°: Cayos Azuagas (island group).

Cayos Balandias: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 5 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 1 places of worship, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 sugar mills & refineries.

6010 m at 149°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 6040 m at 149°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 6100 m at 151°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 6140 m at 150°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 6230 m at 151°: Casa Paraíso Azul (guest houses & hostels); 6450 m at 153°: Train (historic & heritage); 6640 m at 144°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 6640 m at 148°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 12980 m at 108°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cayos Balandias: marine life records

6 records of 5 species within 15 km, 1928 to 2024: 2 fish, 2 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 sponges. That is 0.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 2 (fish); Sula sula, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Amphimedon, 1 (sponges); Agathistoma hotessierianum, 1 (molluscs); Agathistoma fasciatum, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayos Balandias: notes

Remote cays may need a permit, arranged by an operator.