Archipelagos · Camagüey
Cayos Cachiboca
Cayos Cachiboca is an island group at 20°40′45″N 78°44′59″W in Camagüey province.
Cayos Cachiboca: coast and water
5710 m at 127°: Punta de Indios (point); 11560 m at 36°: Punta Antón (point); 11710 m at 312°: Canal de Boca de Piedra Chica (channel); 19340 m at 100°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 21670 m at 314°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 25370 m at 303°: Punta Caballones (point); 27220 m at 307°: Canal Caballones (channel); 27340 m at 67°: Punta Macho (point).
Cayos Cachiboca: islands
4420 m at 117°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 9090 m at 37°: Cayo Vivero (island); 9600 m at 315°: Cayo Piedra Grande (island); 11070 m at 110°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group); 12410 m at 356°: Cayo Largo (island); 13130 m at 69°: Cayo Felipe (island); 14360 m at 313°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 18340 m at 71°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 18490 m at 79°: Cayo Yuraguana (island); 20380 m at 85°: Cayo La Poza (island); 20430 m at 83°: Cayo Peralta (island); 22390 m at 306°: Cayo Anclitas (island group).
Cayos Cachiboca: inland
49660 m at 34°: Las Casimbas (locality); 53690 m at 75°: Sardiñas (locality); 54620 m at 52°: San Miguel (locality); 54710 m at 47°: Batista (locality); 55700 m at 50°: Las Alegrías (hamlet); 56300 m at 53°: La Palmita (locality).
Cayos Cachiboca: distances
78230 m at 87°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 80580 m at 88°: Playa Bonita; 83230 m at 13°: Playa Santa María; 124660 m at 48°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 182370 m at 58°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 175670 m at 313°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 30220 m at 332°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayos Cachiboca: close by
4420 m at 117°: Cayo Ballena (cay); 4800 m at 118°: Cayos Los Indios (island group); 6550 m at 336°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 6960 m at 81°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (cay); 8370 m at 109°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 9090 m at 37°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 9130 m at 329°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 9200 m at 36°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 9270 m at 59°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 9600 m at 315°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 10360 m at 107°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 11070 m at 110°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group).
Cayos Cachiboca: marine life records
1711 records of 204 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2025: 962 fish, 677 corals, 17 crustaceans, 16 molluscs, 12 sharks and rays, 12 echinoderms, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 sponges, 4 other, 1 turtles, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 242.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 149 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 78 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 65 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 62 (corals); Scarus iseri, 62 (fish); Porites astreoides, 62 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 58 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 57 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 54 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 53 (fish); Acropora palmata, 44 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 44 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos Cachiboca: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Getting to Cayos Cachiboca
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 0.1 km away.
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.