Cayos Pinipiniche

Cayos Pinipiniche: coast and water

3050 m at 319°: Estero Esterón (estuary); 4810 m at 177°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel); 5690 m at 337°: Laguna Los Mosquitos (lagoon); 6390 m at 300°: Pasa Mordaza de la Tierra (channel); 7810 m at 151°: Punta Saliente (point); 9860 m at 308°: Estero Bahía Honda (estuary); 11980 m at 333°: Fundo de la Palizada (estuary); 14470 m at 306°: Punta El Ñato (point).

Cayos Pinipiniche: islands

3400 m at 149°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (island); 5700 m at 157°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 6100 m at 294°: Cayos Mate Adentro (island group); 7250 m at 261°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 9720 m at 222°: Cayo Güincho (island); 12040 m at 101°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 12410 m at 170°: Cayo Yana (island); 12500 m at 117°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 13050 m at 283°: Cayo La Torre (island); 13900 m at 117°: Cayo la Playa (island); 14370 m at 217°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 14680 m at 218°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (island).

Cayos Pinipiniche: inland

1410 m at 347°: Arroyo Pinipiniche (stream); 6420 m at 2°: Lunanco (locality); 9570 m at 33°: El Francés (settlement); 9570 m at 337°: San Narciso (locality); 9670 m at 336°: Caimanes (locality); 9770 m at 59°: Veloso (locality).

Cayos Pinipiniche: distances

4250 m at 51°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 5890 m at 75°: Playa Bonita; 44460 m at 89°: Guayabal; 83590 m at 13°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 124810 m at 40°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 220940 m at 343°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos Pinipiniche: close by

3180 m at 99°: Cayos Carnero (island group); 3280 m at 83°: Cayo Carenero (cay); 3400 m at 149°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (cay); 4790 m at 72°: Antiguo Combinado Pesquero (fishing); 5280 m at 70°: Empresa Pesquera Industrial EPISUR, Planta de Camaronicultura (fishing); 5480 m at 82°: Cayo Muerto (cay); 5700 m at 157°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 5990 m at 247°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 6100 m at 294°: Cayos Mate Adentro (island group); 7100 m at 56°: Camaronicultura (fishing); 7250 m at 261°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 7930 m at 241°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group).

Cayos Pinipiniche: on and around

Within 15 km: 12 schools, 11 stores & supermarkets, 7 places of worship, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 government & embassies, 6 trails & viewpoints, 4 factories & works, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 banks & exchange, 3 historic & heritage.

4570 m at 48°: Museo Municipal (museums); 4650 m at 47°: Monumento (attractions); 4670 m at 48°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 4720 m at 50°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 4800 m at 39°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 4820 m at 39°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 5060 m at 53°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport); 5840 m at 34°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 6100 m at 32°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 6340 m at 30°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints).

Cayos Pinipiniche: marine life records

246 records of 41 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2001: 140 corals, 105 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 34.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 79 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 16 (fish); Porites porites, 13 (corals); Porites astreoides, 11 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 8 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 7 (fish); Acropora palmata, 7 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 6 (fish).

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

Cayos Pinipiniche: notes

Remote cays may need a permit, arranged by an operator.

Getting to Cayos Pinipiniche

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 5.3 km away.