Archipelagos · Matanzas

Cayos Jutías

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

Cayos Jutías is an island group at 23°09′56″N 80°39′19″W in Matanzas province.

GPS 23.16547, -80.6551923°09′56″N 80°39′19″W

Cayos Jutías: coast and water

3970 m at 328°: Canal de Juan Claro (channel); 5790 m at 133°: Canalizo de Limones (channel); 5860 m at 101°: Bahía de Flamenco (bay); 7240 m at 62°: Canalizo El Pino (channel); 9200 m at 299°: Punta Arenas (point); 9350 m at 292°: Canalizo Punta Arenas (channel); 9770 m at 79°: Canalizo Soriano (channel); 10980 m at 313°: Las Coloradas (reef).

Wider satellite view around Cayos Jutías
Cayos Jutías, wider

Cayos Jutías: islands

5640 m at 14°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 10980 m at 269°: Cayo Largo (island); 12320 m at 263°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 12960 m at 260°: Cayo Portillo (island); 16670 m at 86°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 17970 m at 277°: Cayo Cedro (island); 20150 m at 277°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 21550 m at 288°: Cayo Boca Rompida (island); 21800 m at 101°: Cayo Negro Maco (island); 25610 m at 98°: Cayo Basura (island); 26710 m at 279°: Cayo Dama (island); 26950 m at 275°: Cayos Redondos (island group).

Cayos Jutías: inland

11210 m at 168°: El Roblar (locality); 12890 m at 185°: La Pepa de Machado (locality); 14260 m at 151°: Río Cañas (stream); 14380 m at 164°: Baños de Elguea (resort); 15130 m at 168°: Río Chiquito (hamlet); 15990 m at 203°: Santa Mónica (hamlet).

Cayos Jutías: distances

12580 m at 225°: Salinas Bidos; 15700 m at 231°: Salinas La Teja; 21320 m at 160°: Corralillo; 81110 m at 260°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 94440 m at 262°: Port of Matanzas (port); 48750 m at 270°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 36930 m at 284°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo.

Cayos Jutías: close by

3580 m at 293°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 5640 m at 14°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 6670 m at 226°: Cayo Rioja (cay); 6720 m at 300°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 6850 m at 165°: Cayo Coco (cay); 7530 m at 12°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 7700 m at 154°: Cayo Negro (cay); 7750 m at 53°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 7780 m at 298°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 8700 m at 227°: Cayos Inglés (island group); 9020 m at 297°: Cayo Ranas (cay); 9350 m at 31°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef).

Cayos Jutías: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs, 2 salt works.

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Cayos Jutías: marine life records

265 records of 64 species within 15 km, 1939 to 2009: 160 fish, 96 corals, 7 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 sponges. That is 37.5 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 Jutías: notes

Ask an operator which cays can be reached.

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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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