Cayos de la Virazón

Cayos de la Virazón: coast and water

5580 m at 31°: Punta de Guanal (point); 7660 m at 354°: Cabezo de la Ginebra (reef); 13130 m at 195°: Canalizo Macuca (channel); 13170 m at 181°: Punta Brava (point); 13460 m at 179°: Ensenada del Muerto (cove); 13770 m at 200°: Canalizo de la Sortija (channel); 13800 m at 180°: Punta del Muerto (point); 14150 m at 205°: Laguna la Sortija (lagoon).

Cayos de la Virazón: islands

2940 m at 202°: Cayo Verde (island); 8260 m at 218°: Cayo Guayo (island); 9170 m at 326°: Cayo Fragoso (island); 12480 m at 199°: Cayo Conuco (island); 14150 m at 274°: Cayo Mojabraga (island); 14850 m at 107°: Cayo Boca Chica (island); 24660 m at 111°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (island); 24710 m at 149°: Cayo La Aguada (island); 25160 m at 94°: Cayo Francés (island); 27280 m at 99°: Cayo las Brujas (island); 28400 m at 309°: Cayo del Medio de Marcos (island); 29860 m at 90°: Cayo Borracho (island).

Cayos de la Virazón: inland

13170 m at 225°: La Luisa (locality); 15110 m at 210°: Santa Catalina (locality); 16520 m at 218°: Los Cocos (settlement); 16630 m at 235°: Cayo Las Vacas (settlement); 16700 m at 185°: Cambaito (settlement); 16730 m at 207°: Arroyo del Medio (locality).

Cayos de la Virazón: distances

13810 m at 220°: Playa Jinaguayabo; 15330 m at 191°: Caibarién; 20560 m at 211°: Remedios; 54280 m at 251°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 116640 m at 242°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 80210 m at 95°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos de la Virazón: close by

2940 m at 202°: Cayo Verde (cay); 7660 m at 354°: Cabezo de la Ginebra (reef); 8260 m at 218°: Cayo Guayo (cay); 9170 m at 326°: Cayo Fragoso (cay); 10870 m at 290°: Cayo del Medio del Indio (cay); 12480 m at 199°: Cayo Conuco (cay); 13280 m at 289°: Cayo del Medio de Mojabraga (cay); 14020 m at 191°: Empresa Pesquera Industrial de Caibarién (fishing); 14140 m at 274°: Cayo Mojabraga (cay); 14850 m at 107°: Cayo Boca Chica (cay); 14860 m at 107°: Boca Chica (cay); 15860 m at 297°: Cayo Sombrero (cay).

Cayos de la Virazón: on and around

Within 15 km: 32 stores & supermarkets, 30 guest houses & hostels, 9 places of worship, 6 schools, 2 camp sites, 2 banks & exchange, 2 historic & heritage, 1 police & fire, 1 stations & terminals, 1 urban parks & plazas.

12460 m at 200°: Campismo Cayo Conuco (camp sites); 13890 m at 220°: Campismo de Playa Jinaguayabo (camp sites); 14080 m at 190°: Hostal La Marina (guest houses & hostels); 14100 m at 181°: Casa de alojamiento "La casona" (guest houses & hostels); 14160 m at 189°: Hostal - Bar - Restaurant El Malecón (guest houses & hostels); 14360 m at 193°: Terminal de Caibarién (stations & terminals); 14370 m at 193°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 14390 m at 192°: Parque La Libertad (urban parks & plazas); 14400 m at 192°: María del Carmen Zozaya (historic & heritage); 14410 m at 184°: Paladar El Marinero (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14410 m at 192°: Museo Municipal María Escobar Laredo (museums); 14510 m at 192°: América (theatres & arts).

Cayos de la Virazón: marine life records

223 records of 62 species within 15 km, 1955 to 2016: 120 fish, 82 corals, 9 marine mammals, 7 molluscs, 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 31.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 39 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 13 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Cephalopholis fulva, 9 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 7 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 7 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 7 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 6 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 5 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 2, Jun 1, Sep 3, Oct 1.

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

Cayos de la Virazón: notes

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