Archipelagos · Pinar del Río
Cayos La Garza
Cayos La Garza is an island group at 22°40′59″N 83°58′00″W in Pinar del Río province.
Cayos La Garza: coast and water
2270 m at 303°: Bahía Santa Lucía (bay); 2520 m at 223°: Ensenada de las Cuchillas (cove); 2520 m at 43°: Punta El Peje (point); 4080 m at 335°: Fondeadero El Quebrado (anchorage); 5460 m at 290°: Punta Gorda (point); 5810 m at 343°: Pasa San Pedro (channel); 6400 m at 48°: Estero Vicente (cove); 6580 m at 299°: Punta Jutías (point); 7220 m at 270°: Ensenada Nombre de Dios (bay); 8750 m at 258°: Punta Nombre de Dios (point); 8950 m at 61°: Ensenada Malas Aguas (bay); 9430 m at 10°: Bajo Corona del Tingo (shoal); 10910 m at 250°: Punta Jagüey (point); 11240 m at 65°: Laguna Tumba Cuatro (marsh); 13260 m at 56°: Punta Pan de Azúcar (point); 14950 m at 240°: Ensenada Río del Medio (bay).
Cayos La Garza: islands
0 m at 223°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 5050 m at 317°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (island); 7140 m at 292°: Cayo Jutías (island); 7480 m at 49°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 9550 m at 252°: Cayo Pimienta (island); 14310 m at 57°: Cayos Boquerones (island group).
Cayos La Garza: inland
1010 m at 93°: Río Santa Lucía (stream); 4080 m at 205°: Las Tunas (locality); 4080 m at 155°: La Sabana (hamlet); 5820 m at 197°: Veguitas (locality); 5820 m at 197°: El Vicio (locality); 5820 m at 197°: El Castellano (locality); 5870 m at 144°: Punto Escondido (hill); 5930 m at 49°: Río Malas Aguas (stream); 6530 m at 148°: Las Coloradas (locality); 7780 m at 242°: Río Nombre de Dios (stream); 9010 m at 215°: Nombre de Dios (settlement); 10080 m at 137°: Hacienda David Llera (locality).
Cayos La Garza: distances
2570 m at 173°: Santa Lucía; 11390 m at 171°: Minas de Matahambre; 23350 m at 242°: Playa Alejo; 154020 m at 128°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 129260 m at 74°: Port of Mariel (port); 135860 m at 228°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Protected: 21340 m at 120°: Parque Nacional Viñales.
Cayos La Garza: close by
0 m at 0°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 5040 m at 317°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (cay); 5040 m at 317°: Médano de Jutías (reef); 5970 m at 319°: Cayo Médano (cay); 7140 m at 292°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 7480 m at 49°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 7610 m at 347°: Arrecifes de Los Colorados (reef); 9540 m at 252°: Cayo Pimienta (cay); 9690 m at 4°: Cabezo El Tingo (reef); 14310 m at 57°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 19170 m at 259°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 20740 m at 58°: Cayo Largo (cay).
Cayos La Garza: on and around
Within 15 km: 18 guest houses & hostels, 10 stores & supermarkets, 8 factories & works, 8 schools, 5 clinics & polyclinics, 4 urban parks & plazas, 4 mines & quarries, 3 places of worship, 2 marinas, 2 banks & exchange.
1110 m at 185°: Puerto Santa Lucía (marinas); 1140 m at 182°: Santa Lucia (marinas); 1240 m at 155°: Balcon al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 1310 m at 159°: El Palmar (guest houses & hostels); 1320 m at 181°: Parque de Santa Lucía (urban parks & plazas); 1320 m at 182°: Teminal Santa Lucia (stations & terminals); 1400 m at 128°: El Ranchón (guest houses & hostels); 1460 m at 181°: Área de Festejo (urban parks & plazas); 1670 m at 183°: José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 2060 m at 205°: La Ceniza (mines & quarries); 2230 m at 187°: Campo de Fútbol (stadiums & sport); 2520 m at 152°: Paladar Rosymar (cuban cuisine & lechón); 4430 m at 166°: Quarry (mines & quarries).
Cayos La Garza: marine life records
200 records of 103 species within 15 km, 1914 to 2025: 153 molluscs, 18 fish, 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 7 seagrass and algae, 5 corals, 4 crustaceans, 3 echinoderms. That is 28.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Diacavolinia longirostris, 6 (molluscs); Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Bathyarca orbiculata, 3 (molluscs); Creseis virgula, 3 (molluscs); Cuvierina atlantica, 3 (molluscs); Atlanta inclinata, 3 (molluscs); Hyalocylis striata, 3 (molluscs); Atlanta peronii, 3 (molluscs); Carenzia carinata, 3 (molluscs); Limatula louiseae, 3 (molluscs); Clio pyramidata, 3 (molluscs); Limopsis, 3 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos La Garza: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Getting to Cayos La Garza
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías 2 stands about 6.7 km away.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías stands about 6.8 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.