Cayos Legua

Cayos Legua: coast and water

1500 m at 190°: Punta Brava (point); 3960 m at 113°: Bahía Puerto Esperanza (bay); 6180 m at 228°: Ensenada de Playuelas (bay); 8810 m at 51°: Pasa Levisa (channel); 10250 m at 90°: Punta Verracos (point); 10290 m at 92°: Punta de Tierra (point); 13190 m at 232°: Laguna Tumba Cuatro (marsh); 13220 m at 241°: Punta Francés (point).

Cayos Legua: islands

1100 m at 242°: Cayo Redondo (island); 1790 m at 73°: Cayo Pescador (island); 3020 m at 160°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (island); 3500 m at 237°: Cayo Prieto (island); 3520 m at 237°: Cayo Largo (island); 3590 m at 283°: Cayo Inés de Soto (island); 6440 m at 91°: Cayo Coruita (island); 9960 m at 239°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 10010 m at 82°: Cayo Las Uvas (island); 10020 m at 90°: Cayo Jíbaro (island); 11310 m at 78°: Cayo Verracos (island group); 11930 m at 71°: Cayo Arenas (island).

Cayos Legua: inland

5000 m at 134°: Puerto Esperanza (settlement); 5910 m at 143°: Entronque El Rosario (settlement); 6100 m at 139°: María Antonia (settlement); 6290 m at 134°: El Badén (settlement); 6690 m at 117°: El Tomeguín (settlement); 6910 m at 169°: Pozo (hamlet).

Cayos Legua: distances

4840 m at 133°: La Esperanza; 12100 m at 99°: Playa Arroyo Berracos; 17910 m at 149°: República de Chile (Cuba); 140640 m at 81°: José Martí International Airport ; 106260 m at 78°: Port of Mariel (port); 133430 m at 76°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 23830 m at 185°: Parque Nacional Viñales; 38110 m at 102°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayos Legua: close by

1100 m at 242°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 1790 m at 73°: Cayo Pescador (cay); 3020 m at 160°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (cay); 3500 m at 237°: Cayo Prieto (cay); 3520 m at 237°: Cayo Largo (cay); 3600 m at 283°: Cayo Inés de Soto (cay); 4550 m at 128°: Muelle (Jetée, Pier) (fishing); 6440 m at 91°: Cayo Coruita (cay); 8130 m at 83°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 9960 m at 239°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 10010 m at 82°: Cayo Las Uvas (cay); 10020 m at 90°: Cayo Jíbaro (cay).

Cayos Legua: on and around

Within 15 km: 26 guest houses & hostels, 3 schools, 3 cuban cuisine & lechón, 2 historic & heritage, 2 marinas, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 theatres & arts, 1 banks & exchange, 1 stores & supermarkets, 1 coral reefs.

4450 m at 130°: Las Cabañas (guest houses & hostels); 4620 m at 130°: Casa Ismael y Laura (guest houses & hostels); 4640 m at 128°: Martí (historic & heritage); 4640 m at 129°: Villa Sarah (guest houses & hostels); 4710 m at 127°: La Pesca Deportiva (marinas); 4820 m at 131°: Cine (theatres & arts); 4850 m at 126°: La Pesca Profesional (marinas); 5280 m at 137°: El Barchito (historic & heritage); 13380 m at 159°: Sierra San Vicente (peaks & volcanoes); 14290 m at 156°: Paladar El Sabor (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14310 m at 156°: Paladar El Matancero y Clarita (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14320 m at 156°: Paladar Las Palmitas (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayos Legua: marine life records

38 records of 27 species within 15 km, 1914 to 2024: 17 molluscs, 6 marine mammals, 4 other, 3 fish, 3 seagrass and algae, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 sponges, 1 crustaceans. That is 5.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Trichechus manatus, 6 (marine mammals); Cocos nucifera, 3 (seagrass and algae); Gaussia princeps, 3 (other); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Poeciliidae, 2 (fish); Cichlidae, 1 (fish); Tellina radiata, 1 (molluscs); Cerithium litteratum, 1 (molluscs); Conus regius, 1 (molluscs); Polinices uberinus, 1 (molluscs); Acteocina bullata, 1 (molluscs); Tricolia umbilicata, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 3.

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

Cayos Legua: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.