Archipelagos · Isla de la Juventud

Cayos los Indios

Satellite view of Cayos los Indios, Cuba
Cayos los Indios (Esri, Maxar)

Cayos los Indios is an island group at 21°48′59″N 83°12′08″W in Isla de la Juventud province.

GPS 21.81640, -83.2021821°48′59″N 83°12′08″W

Cayos los Indios: coast and water

1810 m at 345°: Canalizo La Mata de Coco (channel); 1890 m at 7°: Canalizo La Goletica (channel); 14200 m at 106°: Playazo la Malangueta (lagoon); 14810 m at 86°: Estero del Pino (inlet); 19790 m at 122°: Laguna Cementerio de Los Perros (lagoon); 20090 m at 318°: Punta La Cucaña (point); 20680 m at 177°: Punta El Cayuelo (point); 20800 m at 176°: Punta Francés (cape); 20890 m at 314°: Canalizo Boca Ancha (channel); 22390 m at 123°: Playazo de la Majagua (beach); 23590 m at 170°: Punta Corúa (point); 24640 m at 173°: Cabezo de Moya (reef); 25350 m at 172°: Ensenada Puerto Francés (harbour); 27340 m at 173°: Caleta de Pedernales (cove); 27880 m at 60°: Punta de Tirry (point); 28720 m at 161°: Punta Los Boquerones (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayos los Indios
Cayos los Indios, wider

Cayos los Indios: islands

13900 m at 87°: Cayo Mangle (island); 20820 m at 177°: Cayo Francés (island); 21320 m at 178°: Cayo Buch (island); 24200 m at 5°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 25150 m at 305°: Cayo del Perro (island); 27780 m at 162°: Cayo Cocodrilos (island).

Cayos los Indios: inland

15020 m at 85°: Pino (stream); 18880 m at 80°: Santa Bárbara de las Nuevas (locality); 19150 m at 90°: Santa Bárbara (settlement); 22610 m at 95°: Cerro de Santa Bárbara (hill); 22720 m at 128°: Los Indios (stream); 23270 m at 104°: Alzamora (locality); 23390 m at 97°: Zoila (settlement); 23460 m at 171°: El Cayuelo (locality); 23630 m at 96°: Geología (settlement); 23780 m at 108°: El Hatillo (locality); 24420 m at 112°: Haydeen (locality); 24580 m at 73°: El Capitán (locality).

Cayos los Indios: distances

12730 m at 92°: Playa Buenavista; 25350 m at 90°: La Demajagua; 30430 m at 132°: Playa Roja; 43240 m at 87°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 138530 m at 20°: Port of Mariel (port); 159100 m at 27°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 28310 m at 167°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés; 34880 m at 297°: Cayos de San Felipe.

Cayos los Indios: close by

13900 m at 87°: Cayo Mangle (cay); 20800 m at 176°: Punta Francés (reef); 20810 m at 177°: Cayo Francés (cay); 21320 m at 178°: Cayo Buch (cay); 21400 m at 313°: Cayo La Cucano (cay); 24200 m at 5°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 24640 m at 173°: Cabezo de Moya (reef).

Cayos los Indios: marine life records

6 records of 5 species within 15 km, 1995 to 2016: 3 crustaceans, 2 fish, 1 turtles. That is 0.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Carpias algicola, 2 (crustaceans); Epinephelus striatus, 1 (fish); Gnathia virginalis, 1 (crustaceans); Harengula clupeola, 1 (fish); Eretmochelys imbricata, 1 (turtles).

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

Cayos los Indios: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.

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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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