Archipelagos · Matanzas

Cayos Inglés

Satellite view of Cayos Inglés, Cuba
Cayos Inglés (Esri, Maxar)

Cayos Inglés is an island group at 23°06′45″N 80°43′05″W in Matanzas province.

GPS 23.11256, -80.7179323°06′45″N 80°43′05″W

Cayos Inglés: coast and water

4620 m at 225°: Lagunas Empalizada (marsh); 8420 m at 103°: Canalizo Faría (channel); 9780 m at 243°: Playa Menéndez (beach); 10220 m at 25°: Canal de Juan Claro (channel); 12230 m at 301°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 12470 m at 325°: Canalizo La Empalizada (channel); 12530 m at 314°: Torrentera de Cayo Cedro (channel); 12660 m at 53°: Laguna de Flamenco (lagoon).

Wider satellite view around Cayos Inglés
Cayos Inglés, wider

Cayos Inglés: islands

2040 m at 51°: Cayo Rioja (island); 7260 m at 307°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 7260 m at 299°: Cayo Portillo (island); 7310 m at 321°: Cayo Largo (island); 7940 m at 23°: Cayo Matancero (island); 8230 m at 95°: Cayo Coco (island); 8710 m at 47°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 9210 m at 4°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 9860 m at 96°: Cayo Negro (island); 10050 m at 350°: Cayo Ranas (island); 13770 m at 34°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 14020 m at 305°: Cayo Cedro (island).

Cayos Inglés: inland

5100 m at 229°: Lagunitas (locality); 5810 m at 158°: Monte La Barranca (locality); 8680 m at 224°: Aurora (hamlet); 8710 m at 143°: La Pepa de Machado (locality); 8840 m at 193°: La Esperanza (hamlet); 9500 m at 158°: Cordovés (locality).

Cayos Inglés: distances

3890 m at 221°: Salinas Bidos; 7040 m at 236°: Salinas La Teja; 13070 m at 249°: Playa Musulmanes; 73900 m at 263°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 87440 m at 266°: Port of Matanzas (port); 42680 m at 277°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 33000 m at 297°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo.

Cayos Inglés: close by

2040 m at 51°: Cayo Rioja (cay); 7260 m at 307°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 7260 m at 299°: Cayo Portillo (cay); 7310 m at 321°: Cayo Largo (cay); 7940 m at 23°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 8230 m at 95°: Cayo Coco (cay); 8700 m at 47°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 9210 m at 4°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 9520 m at 357°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 9850 m at 96°: Cayo Negro (cay); 10050 m at 350°: Cayo Ranas (cay); 13000 m at 1°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef).

Cayos Inglés: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 salt works.

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Cayos Inglés: marine life records

254 records of 56 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2009: 161 fish, 90 corals, 2 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 35.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 22 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 13 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 13 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 11 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 8 (corals).

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

Cayos Inglés: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.

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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.

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