Archipelagos · Las Tunas

Cayos Las Guasas

Satellite view of Cayos Las Guasas, Cuba
Cayos Las Guasas (Esri, Maxar)

Cayos Las Guasas is an island group at 20°32′26″N 77°03′39″W in Las Tunas province.

GPS 20.54054, -77.0608020°32′26″N 77°03′39″W

Cayos Las Guasas: coast and water

1220 m at 330°: Lagunas Barbacoas (lagoon); 2620 m at 87°: Laguna Las Playas (lagoon); 3720 m at 274°: Punta los Remolinos (point); 6400 m at 246°: Punta Carenas (point); 6590 m at 241°: Punta Los Lirios (point); 6630 m at 32°: Laguna Pontezuelo (lagoon); 7360 m at 232°: Punta Monte Gordo (point); 7560 m at 213°: Estero de Buey (cove); 7620 m at 278°: Ciénaga de Carenas (marsh); 8540 m at 196°: Bahía Diego (cove); 10120 m at 314°: Ciénaga de Cauto Norte (marsh); 11180 m at 199°: Ensenada Maboa (bay); 11840 m at 264°: Punta de Jutía (point); 12010 m at 293°: Laguna Pasajeros (lagoon); 12190 m at 357°: Hacienda La Torre (estuary); 13610 m at 2°: Embalse Leonero (lagoon).

Wider satellite view around Cayos Las Guasas
Cayos Las Guasas, wider

Cayos Las Guasas: islands

1460 m at 326°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 3520 m at 47°: Cayo Juan Viejo (islet); 3600 m at 85°: Cayo El Norte (islet).

Cayos Las Guasas: inland

4300 m at 260°: Brazo de la Puente (stream); 5640 m at 109°: Ovejuela (locality); 6420 m at 81°: Manao (locality); 6800 m at 3°: Cabezada (settlement); 6950 m at 313°: Júcaro (settlement); 6980 m at 156°: Jacán (locality); 7770 m at 125°: Bagaditos (locality); 7850 m at 144°: Guayabal (locality); 8050 m at 35°: El Desjarretadero (locality); 8140 m at 83°: Playa (locality); 8900 m at 302°: Henequén (locality); 10090 m at 183°: Brazo de los Cristianos (stream).

Cayos Las Guasas: distances

13550 m at 51°: Guamo Embarcadero; 15170 m at 80°: Río Cauto; 16780 m at 86°: Fernando Echenique; 28150 m at 186°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 114130 m at 350°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 138330 m at 117°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 11580 m at 279°: Refugio de Fauna Delta del Cauto.

Cayos Las Guasas: close by

1450 m at 326°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 3520 m at 47°: Cayo Juan Viejo (cay); 3600 m at 85°: Cayo El Norte (cay); 21060 m at 211°: Cayo Grande (cay); 21450 m at 206°: Cayita (cay); 22070 m at 209°: Cayo Carenero (cay); 22260 m at 209°: Cayo Sabana (cay); 23370 m at 267°: Médano de Cauto (reef); 23800 m at 217°: Cayos de Manzanillo (island group); 24170 m at 217°: Cayo Largo (cay).

Cayos Las Guasas: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves, 1 stations & terminals, 1 post offices, 1 places of worship.

11580 m at 279°: Refugio de Fauna Delta del Cauto (parks & reserves); 13390 m at 51°: Guamo (stations & terminals).

Cayos Las Guasas: marine life records

4 records of 4 species within 15 km, 1912 to 1952: 4 molluscs. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Meioceras nitidum, 1 (molluscs); Littoraria angulifera, 1 (molluscs); Saccella acuta, 1 (molluscs); Bittiolum varium, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayos Las Guasas: notes

Ask an operator which cays can be reached.

VisaSafetyWeather

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.

← All archipelagosCays, diving, fishing and archaeology