Cayos Las Puercas

Cayos Las Puercas: coast and water

10370 m at 328°: Laguna Salchicha (marsh); 10410 m at 215°: Playa Máquina (beach); 10630 m at 217°: Punta Potrero (point); 12120 m at 229°: Caleta Ventura (cove); 13540 m at 194°: Punta Avalo (point); 14190 m at 190°: Caletón Avalo (cove); 14980 m at 216°: Punta Palizada (point).

Cayos Las Puercas: islands

2120 m at 94°: Cayo La Gloria (island).

Cayos Las Puercas: inland

1480 m at 355°: Arroyo la Cubana (stream); 2160 m at 111°: Guamá (resort); 4750 m at 268°: Quintela (locality); 4810 m at 292°: Boca Laguna del Tesoro (resort); 6450 m at 269°: Los Pavos (locality); 6450 m at 269°: Veneros (locality); 7860 m at 342°: Batey Horizontes Don Pedro (hotel); 8170 m at 269°: Jucaral (locality); 9430 m at 178°: Los Sábalos (hamlet); 10100 m at 202°: Laguna Manzanares (lake); 10120 m at 346°: El Carmelo (settlement); 10970 m at 2°: Galdo (locality).

Cayos Las Puercas: distances

10410 m at 215°: Playa Máquina; 11010 m at 225°: Playa Larga; 12450 m at 233°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 76070 m at 107°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 73530 m at 108°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 72710 m at 109°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 8340 m at 344°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar); 28480 m at 145°: Refugio de Faunas.

Cayos Las Puercas: close by

2070 m at 113°: Isla 6 (cay); 2120 m at 94°: Cayo La Gloria (cay); 2140 m at 111°: Isla 5 (cay); 2160 m at 115°: Isla 1 (cay); 2170 m at 113°: Isla 4 (cay); 2240 m at 112°: Isla 7 (cay); 2260 m at 115°: Isla 2 (cay); 2350 m at 114°: Isla 3 (cay); 2430 m at 111°: Isla 8 (cay); 6040 m at 260°: Criadero de Cocodrilos (fishing); 10690 m at 205°: Playa Larga (Zapata) (fishing); 11500 m at 226°: Octopus Club (reef).

Cayos Las Puercas: on and around

Within 15 km: 156 guest houses & hostels, 10 attractions, 7 stores & supermarkets, 2 universities & colleges, 2 camp sites, 2 banks & exchange, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 pharmacies, 2 government & embassies, 2 salt works.

1120 m at 100°: Laguna de tessoro (attractions); 1960 m at 110°: Esculturas Aborígenes (attractions); 1980 m at 110°: Show aborigen (theatres & arts); 2000 m at 113°: Mirador (attractions); 4770 m at 290°: Ferry Station (marinas); 4950 m at 293°: Criadero de Cocodrillos (attractions); 5030 m at 292°: Taller de taxidermia (attractions); 7040 m at 247°: Casa del Zunzún (attractions); 8340 m at 344°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar) (parks & reserves); 9380 m at 215°: Casa Lucie Playa Larga (guest houses & hostels); 10390 m at 217°: Los Trailers de Playa Máquina (guest houses & hostels); 10570 m at 213°: Campamento de Pioneros Exploradores 19 de Abril (camp sites); 10790 m at 225°: Villa Kawa (guest houses & hostels).

Cayos Las Puercas: marine life records

392 records of 166 species within 15 km, 1921 to 2026: 186 seabirds and shorebirds, 55 fish, 31 molluscs, 29 crustaceans, 27 corals, 26 echinoderms, 15 seagrass and algae, 8 sponges, 7 other, 4 marine mammals, 4 sharks and rays. That is 55.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Charadrius vociferus, 53 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 20 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pandion haliaetus, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Actitis macularius, 13 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 13 (crustaceans); Megaceryle alcyon, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 9 (crustaceans); Egretta tricolor, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 8 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 6 (seagrass and algae); Arenaria interpres, 6 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Feb 1, May 1, Jun 1, Nov 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 3, Feb 35, Mar 15, Apr 5, May 5, Jun 3, Jul 3, Aug 3, Sep 4, Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 9.

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

Cayos Las Puercas: notes

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