Archipelagos · Artemisa

Cayos Las Leñas

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

Cayos Las Leñas is an island group at 22°33′34″N 82°38′23″W in Artemisa province.

GPS 22.55944, -82.6397222°33′34″N 82°38′23″W

Cayos Las Leñas: coast and water

5850 m at 82°: Bajo Grande (shoal); 12770 m at 121°: Canal del Hacha (channel); 14480 m at 8°: Canal Veintiún Metros (channel); 14950 m at 35°: Punta de Cayamas (point); 16050 m at 172°: Cabezo de Borbón (shoal); 19810 m at 46°: Punta Vacía Botijas (point); 19980 m at 282°: Estero Negro (estuary); 21390 m at 312°: Laguna de Gamboa (lagoon).

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

Cayos Las Leñas: islands

1690 m at 329°: Cayo Leña de Tierra (island); 5280 m at 48°: Cayo Hermano de Afuera (island); 5460 m at 303°: Cayo Guzmán (island); 5960 m at 24°: Cayo Hermano de Tierra (island); 6170 m at 311°: Cayos Los Guzmanes (island group); 9380 m at 334°: Cayo Punta Tierra del Guzmán (island); 17370 m at 112°: Cayo Boquerón del Hacha (island); 21250 m at 113°: Cayo Los Tres Boquerones (island); 22390 m at 145°: Cayo Culebra (island); 23580 m at 116°: Cayo Boquerón del Medio (island); 27430 m at 202°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 28730 m at 107°: Cayo Mal País (island).

Cayos Las Leñas: inland

14330 m at 354°: Guanímar (settlement); 17460 m at 352°: Tres Hermanas (locality); 17960 m at 13°: La Aurora (locality); 19040 m at 331°: Río Pedernales (stream); 19100 m at 304°: La Coquera (locality); 19530 m at 352°: Fertilidad (locality).

Cayos Las Leñas: distances

13810 m at 356°: Guanimar; 14410 m at 352°: Playa de Guanímar; 28110 m at 12°: Alquízar; 53320 m at 26°: José Martí International Airport ; 49190 m at 347°: Port of Mariel (port); 60960 m at 13°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Cayos Las Leñas: close by

1010 m at 142°: Cayo Leña de Afuera (cay); 1690 m at 329°: Cayo Leña de Tierra (cay); 5280 m at 48°: Cayo Hermano de Afuera (cay); 5450 m at 303°: Cayo Guzmán (cay); 5900 m at 24°: Cayos Los Dos Hermanos (island group); 5960 m at 24°: Cayo Hermano de Tierra (cay); 6170 m at 311°: Cayos Los Guzmanes (island group); 9370 m at 334°: Cayo Punta Tierra del Guzmán (cay); 10300 m at 105°: Cayo Águila (cay); 12990 m at 76°: Cayería Las Cayamas (island group); 16750 m at 106°: Cayo Carabela (cay); 17370 m at 112°: Cayo Boquerón del Hacha (cay).

Cayos Las Leñas: marine life records

7 records of 4 species within 15 km, 1994 to 2014: 6 fish, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 1.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Limia vittata, 3 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 2 (fish); Numenius phaeopus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Xiphias gladius, 1 (fish).

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

Cayos Las Leñas: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.

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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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