Archipelagos · Isla de la Juventud
Cayos de la Manteca
Cayos de la Manteca is an island group at 21°59′43″N 82°40′41″W in Isla de la Juventud province.
Cayos de la Manteca: coast and water
5600 m at 125°: Canal del Inglés (channel); 9020 m at 290°: Bajo de la Malanga (shoal); 12430 m at 210°: Punta Bibijagua (point); 12520 m at 193°: Punta de Salinas (point); 12680 m at 185°: Punta Sombrero (point); 13830 m at 216°: Punta de Piedra (point); 16770 m at 239°: Playa Gerona (beach); 21690 m at 154°: Canal Ancha (channel).
Cayos de la Manteca: islands
10230 m at 158°: Cayo Jaquito (island); 12360 m at 153°: Cayos de los Inglesitos (island group); 13630 m at 226°: Cayuelo Morrillo del Diablo (island); 15160 m at 299°: Cayo Alacrán Chico (island); 22020 m at 286°: Cayo la Malanga (island); 22640 m at 163°: Cayo El Buche (island); 25780 m at 288°: Cayos de Mangles (island group); 25940 m at 323°: Cayo Hambre (island); 27120 m at 293°: Cayo La Rica (island); 28590 m at 157°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 28640 m at 300°: Cayo de la Pipa (island); 29940 m at 337°: Cayo Cuarto (island).
Cayos de la Manteca: inland
12890 m at 207°: Loma Bibijagua (hill); 13550 m at 208°: El Samurai (settlement); 14430 m at 227°: Sierra de Colombo (hills); 15330 m at 235°: Arroyo Raíces (stream); 15360 m at 217°: Delio Chacón (settlement); 15530 m at 209°: La Fuente Luminosa (settlement).
Cayos de la Manteca: distances
12490 m at 208°: Playa de Flamencos; 13710 m at 205°: Playa Bibijagua; 14000 m at 220°: Playa Colombo; 20940 m at 211°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 110840 m at 356°: Port of Mariel (port); 121660 m at 110°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).
Protected: 39390 m at 194°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.
Cayos de la Manteca: close by
2870 m at 132°: Cayo Grande (cay); 7110 m at 292°: Cayo Las Pasas (cay); 9060 m at 151°: Cayo Quitasol (cay); 9740 m at 157°: Cayo Jaco (cay); 10230 m at 158°: Cayo Jaquito (cay); 11760 m at 156°: Cayo El Inglés (cay); 12110 m at 306°: Cayo Alacrán Grande (cay); 12350 m at 153°: Cayos de los Inglesitos (island group); 13630 m at 226°: Cayo los monos (cay); 13640 m at 226°: Cayuelo Morrillo del Diablo (cay); 14010 m at 221°: Cayuelo Morrillo del Diablo (cay); 14850 m at 147°: Cayo del Navio (cay).
Cayos de la Manteca: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 camp sites, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 mines & quarries.
12720 m at 208°: Campismo Arenas Negras (camp sites); 14130 m at 228°: Punta Colombo (peaks & volcanoes); 14920 m at 225°: Quarry (mines & quarries).
Cayos de la Manteca: marine life records
61 records of 39 species within 15 km, 1877 to 2018: 43 fish, 8 molluscs, 5 crustaceans, 2 other, 2 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 8.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Limia vittata, 4 (fish); Lutjanus griseus, 2 (fish); Harengula, 2 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 2 (fish); Pyrgophorus, 2 (molluscs); Canthigaster rostrata, 2 (fish); Strongylura notata, 2 (fish); Harengula clupeola, 2 (fish); Fundulus, 2 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 2 (fish); Xiphias gladius, 2 (fish); Bathygobius soporator, 2 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos de la Manteca: 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.