Archipelagos · Villa Clara
Cayos de la Enfermería
Cayos de la Enfermería is an island group at 22°53′59″N 79°56′41″W in Villa Clara province.
Cayos de la Enfermería: coast and water
3970 m at 270°: Bahía Colorada (cove); 4040 m at 159°: Punta Uvero (point); 4300 m at 101°: Bahía de Novillo (bay); 4790 m at 226°: Playa Colorado (beach); 5520 m at 278°: Punta Frenes (point); 6050 m at 53°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel); 6780 m at 111°: Punta Novillo (point); 9860 m at 339°: Boca Marillanes (channel).
Cayos de la Enfermería: islands
1870 m at 8°: Cayo Chubasco (island); 2920 m at 35°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 6120 m at 49°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 9360 m at 323°: Cayo Paloma (island); 9360 m at 325°: Cayo Palomo (island); 10070 m at 72°: Cayo Culebra (island); 11270 m at 106°: Cayo Vaca (island); 11460 m at 337°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 11930 m at 55°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 11990 m at 316°: Cayo Levisa (island); 14550 m at 333°: Cayo Bicho (island); 14740 m at 332°: Cayo Matahambre (island).
Cayos de la Enfermería: inland
7440 m at 151°: Playa Piñón (settlement); 9260 m at 307°: Estación Concha (railway station); 9280 m at 282°: Fortuna (hamlet); 9510 m at 194°: Aldaz (hamlet); 9710 m at 125°: Venturilla (locality); 9800 m at 248°: Santa Isabel (locality).
Cayos de la Enfermería: distances
4600 m at 235°: Playa Colorado; 7210 m at 151°: Playa Piñón; 8240 m at 302°: Isabela de Sagua; 45320 m at 180°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 97670 m at 211°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 99270 m at 212°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).
Protected: 22000 m at 248°: Mogotes de Jumagua.
Cayos de la Enfermería: close by
1870 m at 9°: Cayo Chubasco (cay); 2760 m at 350°: Nikolis M (reef); 2920 m at 35°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (cay); 3340 m at 25°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 4920 m at 124°: Cayo Róbalo (cay); 6120 m at 49°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 6350 m at 349°: Cayo Hachuela (cay); 6360 m at 33°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 6910 m at 73°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 7270 m at 63°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 8040 m at 308°: Vista al Mar (fishing); 8720 m at 349°: Cayo Mariposa (cay).
Cayos de la Enfermería: on and around
Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 schools, 2 factories & works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 clinics & polyclinics.
8090 m at 307°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 8190 m at 306°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 8300 m at 304°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 8320 m at 301°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).
Cayos de la Enfermería: marine life records
313 records of 125 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2024: 138 sponges, 102 fish, 34 corals, 25 crustaceans, 7 other, 4 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 44.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 33 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 18 (sponges); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 18 (sponges); Stichopathes, 14 (corals); Sphyraena barracuda, 8 (fish); Dynamenella perforata, 8 (crustaceans); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Xestospongia, 7 (sponges); Gammaridea, 6 (crustaceans); Placospherastra, 6 (sponges); Sphoeroides testudineus, 5 (fish); Strongylura notata, 5 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos de la Enfermería: notes
Ask an operator which cays can be reached.
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.