Archipelagos · Camagüey

Cayos Los Chinos

Satellite view of Cayos Los Chinos, Cuba
Cayos Los Chinos (Esri, Maxar)

Cayos Los Chinos is an island group at 20°42′25″N 78°30′07″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 20.70693, -78.5019220°42′25″N 78°30′07″W

Cayos Los Chinos: coast and water

9250 m at 227°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 12800 m at 148°: Canalizo Mexicana (channel); 14360 m at 156°: Punta Rosales (point); 15490 m at 153°: Punta Caguamas (point); 20020 m at 288°: Punta Antón (point); 20930 m at 72°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 21300 m at 106°: Canal de la Sepultura (channel); 21930 m at 135°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 22220 m at 253°: Punta de Indios (point); 22700 m at 140°: Laguna La Caguama (lagoon); 26200 m at 47°: Fondeadero San Francisco (anchorage); 26670 m at 115°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 26920 m at 295°: Canal de Cayo Largo (channel); 27620 m at 140°: Punta Cabeza del Este (point); 28830 m at 29°: Punta La Ceiba (point); 29550 m at 25°: Punta Gasparito (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayos Los Chinos
Cayos Los Chinos, wider

Cayos Los Chinos: islands

5540 m at 265°: Cayo Peralta (island); 6300 m at 131°: Cayo Cedro (island); 7020 m at 99°: Cayo Café (island); 8110 m at 138°: Cayo Corúa (island); 8960 m at 289°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 9680 m at 277°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 10100 m at 190°: Cayo Boca Seca (island); 10120 m at 106°: Cayo Jocú (island); 12650 m at 268°: Cayo Las Cruces (island); 12680 m at 160°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group); 13610 m at 277°: Cayo Felipe (island); 15550 m at 127°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (island); 15610 m at 132°: Cayo La Yerba (island); 16720 m at 306°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 17010 m at 249°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 17590 m at 131°: Cayo María Velache (island); 18220 m at 296°: Cayo Gordo (island); 18760 m at 252°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 22080 m at 7°: Cayo Malabrigo (island); 22240 m at 256°: Cayos Los Indios (island group); 22420 m at 257°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 23080 m at 89°: Cayo El Infierno (islet); 23080 m at 95°: Cayo Rancho Viejo (island); 24940 m at 90°: Cayo Pailita (island).

Cayos Los Chinos: inland

28160 m at 68°: Sardiñas (locality).

Cayos Los Chinos: distances

52350 m at 89°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 54750 m at 91°: Playa Bonita; 71280 m at 31°: Vertientes; 104350 m at 40°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 159310 m at 54°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 193440 m at 307°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayos Los Chinos: close by

2470 m at 192°: Cayo La Bola (cay); 4270 m at 69°: Cayo La Cafetera (cay); 4330 m at 11°: Cayo Punta de Macho (cay); 4610 m at 125°: Cayo Los Chinos (cay); 5540 m at 265°: Cayo Peralta (cay); 5660 m at 256°: Cayo La Poza (cay); 6200 m at 359°: Cayo Punta Macho (cay); 6300 m at 131°: Cayo Cedro (cay); 7020 m at 99°: Cayo Café (cay); 7650 m at 273°: Cayo Yuraguana (cay); 8110 m at 138°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 8380 m at 74°: Cayo Cotorro (cay).

Cayos Los Chinos: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayos Los Chinos: marine life records

386 records of 52 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2025: 223 fish, 162 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 54.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 35 (corals); Porites porites, 31 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 18 (corals); Scarus iseri, 16 (fish); Porites astreoides, 16 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 16 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 16 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 15 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 13 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 13 (fish).

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

Cayos Los Chinos: notes

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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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