Cayos Juan Clarito

Cayos Juan Clarito: coast and water

1910 m at 7°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 2750 m at 125°: Canal La Palometa (channel); 4400 m at 148°: Laguna de Flamenco (lagoon); 7740 m at 119°: Canal Blanca (channel); 7930 m at 146°: Bahía de Flamenco (bay); 8970 m at 114°: Canalizo Soriano (channel); 9920 m at 100°: Punta Gorda (point); 10200 m at 259°: Canalizo Punta Arenas (channel).

Cayos Juan Clarito: islands

5640 m at 194°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 9550 m at 261°: Cayo Ranas (island); 16130 m at 241°: Cayo Portillo (island); 18950 m at 131°: Cayo Esponja (island); 19460 m at 261°: Cayo Cedro (island); 21740 m at 126°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 22340 m at 110°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 23940 m at 277°: Cayo Galindo (island); 24850 m at 107°: Cayo Blanquizal (island); 27640 m at 273°: Cayo Hijo de la Pluma (island); 27950 m at 253°: Cayos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 27990 m at 125°: Cayo Mosquitico (island).

Cayos Juan Clarito: inland

16480 m at 177°: El Roblar (locality); 18650 m at 221°: Meteoro (stream); 18790 m at 163°: Río Cañas (stream); 19460 m at 172°: Baños de Elguea (resort); 20850 m at 179°: San Ramón (hamlet); 21370 m at 224°: La Teja (settlement).

Cayos Juan Clarito: distances

17640 m at 216°: Salinas Bidos; 20470 m at 222°: Salinas La Teja; 25630 m at 231°: Playa Musulmanes; 83580 m at 256°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 96660 m at 259°: Port of Matanzas (port); 50460 m at 263°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 37330 m at 276°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo.

Cayos Juan Clarito: close by

1900 m at 7°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 4310 m at 54°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 4850 m at 99°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 5110 m at 71°: Arrecife La Corona (reef); 5640 m at 194°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 6180 m at 229°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 7530 m at 253°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 7630 m at 282°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 8460 m at 257°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 9030 m at 96°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 9550 m at 261°: Cayo Ranas (cay); 9580 m at 283°: Las Coloradas (reef).

Cayos Juan Clarito: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Cayos Juan Clarito: marine life records

261 records of 60 species within 15 km, 1939 to 2009: 162 fish, 96 corals, 1 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 sponges. That is 36.9 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 Juan Clarito: notes

Remote cays may need a permit, arranged by an operator.