Archipelagos · Camagüey
Cayos Las Cruces
Cayos Las Cruces is an island group at 20°43′59″N 78°46′30″W in Camagüey province.
Cayos Las Cruces: coast and water
1620 m at 269°: Laguna de Boca Piedra (lagoon); 7200 m at 296°: Punta de Pilotos (point); 11860 m at 143°: Punta de Indios (point); 15790 m at 306°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 23560 m at 113°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 27080 m at 340°: Canal de Bergantines (channel); 28500 m at 298°: Estero Guancho (estuary); 31550 m at 11°: Bajo Mosquito (shoal).
Cayos Las Cruces: islands
2770 m at 312°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 6690 m at 302°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (island); 8190 m at 81°: Cayo Vivero (island); 10700 m at 118°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (island); 12920 m at 68°: Cayo Gordo (island); 16400 m at 65°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 17040 m at 295°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 19940 m at 90°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 20920 m at 97°: Cayo Yuraguana (island); 22880 m at 116°: Cayos Peralta (island group); 23310 m at 101°: Cayo La Poza (island); 23420 m at 5°: Cayo Bonito (island).
Cayos Las Cruces: inland
50010 m at 45°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 51900 m at 46°: Garrapata (locality); 53820 m at 49°: San Ramón (locality); 54260 m at 57°: Las Alegrías (hamlet); 54540 m at 67°: Arenilla (stream); 54980 m at 35°: Resistencia (stream).
Cayos Las Cruces: distances
78070 m at 16°: Playa Santa María; 80780 m at 92°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 83220 m at 92°: Playa Bonita; 122800 m at 51°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 181480 m at 60°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 169680 m at 312°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 23700 m at 330°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayos Las Cruces: close by
2770 m at 312°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 4230 m at 281°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 6550 m at 156°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 6650 m at 16°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6690 m at 302°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (cay); 8150 m at 80°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 8190 m at 81°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 8760 m at 296°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 10340 m at 141°: Cayo Ballena (cay); 10580 m at 96°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 10700 m at 118°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (cay); 10740 m at 140°: Cayos Los Indios (island group).
Cayos Las Cruces: marine life records
2143 records of 248 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2026: 1257 fish, 744 corals, 32 molluscs, 30 crustaceans, 28 sharks and rays, 21 echinoderms, 12 other, 10 sponges, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 seagrass and algae, 1 turtles. That is 303.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 151 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 84 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 78 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 76 (fish); Acropora palmata, 71 (corals); Scarus iseri, 71 (fish); Porites astreoides, 66 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 64 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 61 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 61 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 60 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 60 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos Las Cruces: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Getting to Cayos Las Cruces
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 6.6 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.