Archipelagos · Camagüey
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas is an island group at 20°43′22″N 78°40′26″W in Camagüey province.
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: coast and water
10060 m at 253°: Canal Cachiboca (channel); 13770 m at 126°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 16860 m at 280°: Canal de Boca de Piedra Chica (channel); 18040 m at 283°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 25560 m at 294°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 28250 m at 324°: Mégano de Bergantines (shoal); 32380 m at 352°: Bajo Mosquito (shoal); 33190 m at 323°: Canal de Bergantines (channel).
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: islands
5650 m at 112°: Cayo Las Cruces (island); 7890 m at 210°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 8990 m at 164°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group); 9120 m at 152°: Cayo Carabinero (island); 9180 m at 28°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 9270 m at 239°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 9490 m at 83°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 12780 m at 104°: Cayo La Poza (island); 12830 m at 23°: Cayo Chocolate (island); 13440 m at 132°: Cayos Peralta (island group); 14800 m at 278°: Cayo Piedra Grande (island); 18330 m at 76°: Cayo Punta Macho (island).
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: inland
41420 m at 29°: Las Casimbas (locality); 45270 m at 43°: Santo Domingo (hamlet); 45440 m at 50°: San Miguel (locality); 47070 m at 33°: Santa Gertrudis (locality); 47280 m at 40°: San Ramón (locality); 47540 m at 68°: Arroyo Naranjo (stream).
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: distances
70240 m at 91°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 72660 m at 92°: Playa Bonita; 77020 m at 8°: Playa Santa María; 115550 m at 48°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 173100 m at 58°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 178380 m at 310°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 31110 m at 315°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: close by
3430 m at 315°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 3490 m at 81°: Cayo Yuraguama (cay); 3620 m at 316°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 3920 m at 195°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (cay); 4170 m at 70°: Cayo Antoncito (cay); 4370 m at 92°: Cayo Felipe (cay); 4920 m at 38°: Cayo Antón (cay); 5660 m at 112°: Cayo Las Cruces (cay); 6200 m at 100°: Cayo Galán (cay); 6250 m at 13°: Cayo Gordo (cay); 7490 m at 180°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 7890 m at 210°: Cayo Ballena (cay).
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.
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Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: marine life records
1008 records of 79 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2025: 550 fish, 455 corals, 2 molluscs, 1 turtles. That is 142.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 115 (corals); Porites astreoides, 58 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 46 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 44 (fish); Scarus iseri, 40 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 40 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 35 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 34 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 33 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 32 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 30 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 29 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas: notes
Trips to island groups are booked in advance.
Getting to Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 9.4 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.