Cayos las Pedronas

Cayos las Pedronas: coast and water

2850 m at 131°: Ensenada Pario (cove); 3510 m at 13°: Punta Gorda (point); 3560 m at 301°: Punta Yarey (point); 3560 m at 301°: Ensenada Angostura (lagoon); 3560 m at 239°: Punta Corúa (point); 4440 m at 46°: Rompe Esquina (point); 5640 m at 90°: Punta Copal (point); 6340 m at 331°: Punta Pomba (point).

Cayos las Pedronas: islands

1910 m at 13°: Cayo Ratón (island); 3560 m at 301°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 3560 m at 301°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 3700 m at 0°: Cayo Limón (island); 3780 m at 300°: Cayo Madama (islet); 3900 m at 97°: Cayo Santillana (island); 3900 m at 90°: Cayo Lechuza (island); 4320 m at 65°: Cayo Grande (island); 4320 m at 115°: Cayo Tortuga (island); 4440 m at 34°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 6090 m at 304°: Cayo Corúa (island).

Cayos las Pedronas: inland

1910 m at 167°: El Purio (locality); 2270 m at 215°: Río Grande (stream); 3480 m at 205°: Río Grande Uno (settlement); 4290 m at 150°: Dos Hermanas (locality); 4320 m at 115°: Arroyo Manatí (stream); 5460 m at 129°: Dos Caminos (settlement).

Cayos las Pedronas: distances

2370 m at 190°: Nicaro-Levisa; 7130 m at 301°: Felton; 8550 m at 118°: Cabonico; 81460 m at 277°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 26180 m at 307°: Port of Antilla (port); 87780 m at 204°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 20690 m at 144°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 34490 m at 326°: Comité Militar Banes; 36490 m at 228°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.

Cayos las Pedronas: close by

1900 m at 13°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 3450 m at 325°: Isla Makey (cay); 3560 m at 301°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 3560 m at 301°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Limón (cay); 3780 m at 300°: Cayo Madama (cay); 3900 m at 97°: Cayo Santillana (cay); 3900 m at 90°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 4320 m at 65°: Cayo Grande (cay); 4320 m at 115°: Cayo Tortuga (cay); 4450 m at 34°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 6090 m at 304°: Cayo Corúa (cay).

Cayos las Pedronas: on and around

Within 15 km: 11 guest houses & hostels, 8 schools, 8 mines & quarries, 6 police & fire, 6 coral reefs, 5 places of worship, 5 stations & terminals, 4 garages & car services, 4 factories & works, 4 theatres & arts.

960 m at 277°: Cine (theatres & arts); 1670 m at 301°: Casa de alquiler (guest houses & hostels); 1700 m at 311°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 1930 m at 311°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 2140 m at 310°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 3820 m at 302°: Cayo Madama isla (attractions); 3940 m at 186°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage); 4040 m at 186°: Terminal Levisa (stations & terminals); 4100 m at 205°: Nicaro 110 kV (mines & quarries); 4110 m at 201°: Base de transporte Levisa (stations & terminals); 4180 m at 180°: Chalé (guest houses & hostels); 4230 m at 192°: Batería Grupo Electrógeno Diésel Nicaro - Levisa (mines & quarries); 7020 m at 1°: Cantera (mines & quarries).

Cayos las Pedronas: marine life records

51 records of 35 species within 15 km, 1986 to 2026: 23 fish, 11 molluscs, 7 crustaceans, 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 other, 1 corals, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 7.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Coenobita clypeatus, 4 (crustaceans); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Phyllorhiza punctata, 2 (other); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Cayos las Pedronas: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.

Getting to Cayos las Pedronas

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 10 km away.