Cayos Careneros

Cayos Careneros: coast and water

4900 m at 292°: Boca Chica (channel); 7630 m at 211°: Punta Tabaco (point); 8390 m at 253°: Punta de Versagua (point); 8500 m at 237°: Pasa Versagua (channel); 11700 m at 280°: Cañón del Inglés (channel); 14640 m at 256°: Bahía de Novillo (bay); 14720 m at 193°: Ensenada Trujillo (cove); 14730 m at 195°: Laguna La Pajarera (lagoon).

Cayos Careneros: islands

3020 m at 177°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 3250 m at 289°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 5530 m at 200°: Cayo Isidoro (island); 7870 m at 247°: Cayo Versagua (island); 9520 m at 233°: Cayo Vaca (island); 9620 m at 296°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 15360 m at 249°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 19920 m at 280°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 20920 m at 286°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 24140 m at 289°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 24320 m at 282°: Cayo Palomo (island); 24550 m at 281°: Cayo Paloma (island).

Cayos Careneros: inland

13320 m at 232°: Venturilla (locality); 16560 m at 199°: Estero de Granadillo (locality); 17160 m at 234°: Batey Lazo (locality); 17920 m at 192°: Granadillo Viejo (locality); 19380 m at 181°: Terrenos Central Nazábal (locality); 19630 m at 229°: Piñón (hamlet).

Cayos Careneros: distances

17400 m at 239°: Playa Piñón; 17530 m at 171°: Playa Nazábal; 20120 m at 178°: Emilio Córdova; 51410 m at 201°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 110560 m at 219°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 112200 m at 219°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Cayos Careneros: close by

2340 m at 23°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 2450 m at 15°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 3010 m at 177°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 3260 m at 289°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 5450 m at 171°: Cayo Alto (cay); 5520 m at 200°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 6660 m at 264°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 7750 m at 319°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 7860 m at 247°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 8720 m at 140°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 8880 m at 273°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 9000 m at 137°: Cayos Pajonal (cay).

Cayos Careneros: marine life records

890 records of 166 species within 15 km, 1939 to 2017: 379 fish, 265 sponges, 236 corals, 4 other, 3 echinoderms, 2 crustaceans, 1 sharks and rays. That is 125.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 64 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 40 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 36 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 33 (fish); Stichopathes, 30 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 28 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 24 (fish); Millepora complanata, 23 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 22 (fish); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 21 (sponges).

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

Cayos Careneros: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.