Archipelagos · Villa Clara
Cayos Dromedarios
Cayos Dromedarios is an island group at 22°56′51″N 79°54′38″W in Villa Clara province.
Cayos Dromedarios: coast and water
2130 m at 141°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel); 3000 m at 289°: Boca El Serón (channel); 3450 m at 101°: Cañón del Inglés (channel); 4310 m at 177°: Puerto Sagua La Grande (bay); 4690 m at 298°: Boca de Cañate (channel); 8030 m at 299°: Boca Marillanes (channel); 8250 m at 160°: Punta Novillo (point); 9270 m at 84°: Playa La Uva (beach).
Cayos Dromedarios: islands
3090 m at 222°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 3440 m at 212°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 4560 m at 137°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 4770 m at 281°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 6110 m at 307°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 8090 m at 176°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 8950 m at 112°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 9560 m at 126°: Cayo Versagua (island); 10370 m at 72°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 11960 m at 97°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 12960 m at 306°: Cayo Matahambre (island); 13510 m at 304°: Cayo Iguana (island).
Cayos Dromedarios: inland
10450 m at 265°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 10880 m at 271°: Estación Concha (railway station); 11810 m at 179°: Playa Piñón (settlement); 12760 m at 175°: Batey Lazo (locality); 13020 m at 237°: Palma Sola (locality); 14740 m at 210°: Yániz (hamlet).
Cayos Dromedarios: distances
10490 m at 265°: Isabela de Sagua; 10770 m at 222°: Playa Colorado; 11600 m at 180°: Playa Piñón; 50750 m at 184°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 104030 m at 212°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 105630 m at 212°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).
Protected: 27470 m at 240°: Mogotes de Jumagua.
Cayos Dromedarios: close by
1740 m at 139°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 3080 m at 222°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 3450 m at 212°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (cay); 3660 m at 125°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 4560 m at 137°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 4730 m at 223°: Cayo Chubasco (cay); 4740 m at 237°: Nikolis M (reef); 4770 m at 281°: Cayo Hachuela (cay); 4850 m at 88°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 6090 m at 302°: Cayo Mariposa (cay); 6110 m at 307°: Cayo Maravillas (cay); 6360 m at 213°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group).
Cayos Dromedarios: on and around
Within 15 km: 3 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.
9980 m at 267°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 10130 m at 267°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 10380 m at 266°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 10660 m at 265°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).
Cayos Dromedarios: marine life records
307 records of 124 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2024: 138 sponges, 99 fish, 34 corals, 23 crustaceans, 7 other, 3 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 43.4 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, 7 (crustaceans); Gerres cinereus, 7 (fish); Xestospongia, 7 (sponges); Placospherastra, 6 (sponges); Gammaridea, 5 (crustaceans); Sphoeroides testudineus, 5 (fish); Strongylura notata, 5 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos Dromedarios: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Getting to Cayos Dromedarios
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 13 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.