Archipelagos · Villa Clara
Cayos de la Tocinera
Cayos de la Tocinera is an island group at 22°51′00″N 79°40′59″W in Villa Clara province.
Cayos de la Tocinera: coast and water
10470 m at 130°: Canal Guairajal (channel); 10500 m at 202°: Playa Jáquete (beach); 10640 m at 189°: Ensenada de Higuereta (cove); 10670 m at 172°: Laguna Niña Bonita (lagoon); 10790 m at 141°: Punta de Pájaro (point); 11930 m at 180°: Laguna de Playa Larga (lagoon); 12410 m at 120°: Canalizo Palo Quemado (channel); 13010 m at 245°: Punta Trujillo (point).
Cayos de la Tocinera: islands
1580 m at 140°: Cayo Marcos (island); 4550 m at 7°: Cayo Pajonal (island); 8050 m at 291°: Cayo Alto (island); 11740 m at 315°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 14740 m at 309°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 16420 m at 288°: Cayo Versagua (island); 18250 m at 145°: Cayo Sombrero (island); 19470 m at 316°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 21060 m at 306°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 21450 m at 146°: Cayo del Medio de Mojabraga (island); 23610 m at 154°: Cayo Mojabraga (island); 26330 m at 288°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island).
Cayos de la Tocinera: inland
13420 m at 195°: Ramal Matungo (locality); 13950 m at 202°: María Victoria (locality); 14830 m at 171°: Laguna Río Verde (pond); 15030 m at 193°: Estrella Vieja (settlement); 15250 m at 233°: Granadillo Viejo (locality); 15360 m at 172°: Tierra Fría (hamlet).
Cayos de la Tocinera: distances
10650 m at 212°: Playa Nazábal; 14070 m at 213°: Emilio Córdova; 14800 m at 162°: Playa Juan Francisco; 47890 m at 214°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 110000 m at 225°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 108530 m at 106°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Cayos de la Tocinera: close by
1580 m at 140°: Cayo Marcos (cay); 2760 m at 308°: Cayos Pajonal (cay); 3150 m at 300°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group); 4550 m at 7°: Cayo Pajonal (cay); 5040 m at 151°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (cay); 8040 m at 291°: Cayo Alto (cay); 9720 m at 303°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 10370 m at 101°: Roca Vinson (cay); 10710 m at 287°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 11740 m at 315°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 12780 m at 325°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 13130 m at 324°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group).
Cayos de la Tocinera: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 police & fire, 1 museums, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 stations & terminals, 1 camp sites.
14010 m at 161°: Museo del Manatí (museums); 14200 m at 213°: Emilio Cordoba (stations & terminals); 14210 m at 161°: Campismo Villa Batalla (camp sites).
Cayos de la Tocinera: marine life records
1094 records of 145 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2022: 516 fish, 311 corals, 259 sponges, 4 other, 1 molluscs, 1 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans. That is 154.8 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 63 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 47 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 46 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 42 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 39 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 39 (fish); Spirastrellidae, 39 (sponges); Sparisoma viride, 32 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 31 (fish); Acropora palmata, 31 (corals); Stichopathes, 30 (corals); Millepora complanata, 29 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos de la Tocinera: notes
Trips to island groups are booked in advance.
Getting to Cayos de la Tocinera
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Fragoso stands about 12 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.