Cayos Pasa Honda

Cayos Pasa Honda: coast and water

1680 m at 35°: Punta los Criollos (point); 5800 m at 10°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel); 7920 m at 229°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 9990 m at 355°: Estero Bahía Honda (estuary); 11060 m at 106°: Punta Saliente (point); 13230 m at 338°: Punta El Ñato (point); 13410 m at 157°: Canal de Juan Suárez (channel); 14590 m at 5°: Fundo de la Palizada (estuary).

Cayos Pasa Honda: islands

640 m at 164°: Cayos Mate (island group); 7760 m at 193°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 7990 m at 195°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (island); 9890 m at 182°: Cayo Almácigo (island); 11030 m at 67°: Cayo Carenero (islet); 13280 m at 181°: Cayo Leña (island); 13780 m at 148°: Cayo Juan Suárez (island); 14970 m at 178°: Cayo Muchacho (island); 15440 m at 168°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (island); 15730 m at 165°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 16440 m at 193°: Cayo Pescador (island); 16470 m at 329°: Cayo Manatí (island).

Cayos Pasa Honda: inland

12330 m at 55°: La Gloria (hamlet); 13060 m at 14°: San Narciso (locality); 13920 m at 9°: La Catalina (hamlet); 14690 m at 37°: Gonzalo de Quesada (settlement); 14820 m at 53°: Santa Clara (hamlet); 15630 m at 69°: Najasa (stream).

Cayos Pasa Honda: distances

12140 m at 57°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 13720 m at 67°: Playa Bonita; 51580 m at 85°: Guayabal; 89130 m at 17°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 132250 m at 41°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 222750 m at 345°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos Pasa Honda: close by

650 m at 164°: Cayos Mate (island group); 650 m at 324°: Cayo Becky (cay); 2090 m at 42°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 2750 m at 355°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 3390 m at 173°: Cayo Güincho (cay); 6480 m at 12°: Cayos Mate Adentro (island group); 7770 m at 193°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 7930 m at 61°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 7980 m at 195°: Cayo Ronquito (cay); 7980 m at 195°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (cay); 8290 m at 327°: Cayos Pilón (island group); 8710 m at 84°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (cay).

Cayos Pasa Honda: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 schools, 9 stores & supermarkets, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 government & embassies, 6 trails & viewpoints, 5 places of worship, 4 factories & works, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 banks & exchange, 2 stations & terminals.

12430 m at 56°: Museo Municipal (museums); 12500 m at 56°: Monumento (attractions); 12520 m at 53°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 12530 m at 56°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 12540 m at 53°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 12600 m at 56°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 12960 m at 58°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport); 13400 m at 49°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 13600 m at 48°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 13770 m at 47°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints).

Cayos Pasa Honda: marine life records

539 records of 49 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2001: 279 corals, 259 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 76.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 81 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 60 (corals); Porites astreoides, 35 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 32 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 29 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 25 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 22 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 18 (fish); Porites porites, 18 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 17 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 16 (fish).

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

Cayos Pasa Honda: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.

Getting to Cayos Pasa Honda

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 13 km away.