Cayos Piraguas

Cayos Piraguas: coast and water

1230 m at 137°: Punta Hicaco (point); 3190 m at 101°: Punta Bote (point); 4270 m at 187°: Punta de Niquero (point); 6090 m at 228°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 7220 m at 232°: Pasa Azuaga (channel); 7510 m at 239°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 9000 m at 82°: Punta Cuchillo (point); 9060 m at 257°: Banco Orejoncito (shoal).

Cayos Piraguas: islands

1000 m at 86°: Cayo Piragua (island); 1250 m at 335°: Cayo Antonia (island); 1280 m at 344°: Cayo Cocos (island); 1910 m at 293°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 2520 m at 294°: Cayo Huevo (island); 2840 m at 150°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 3560 m at 191°: Cayo Niquero (island); 3720 m at 289°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 6650 m at 214°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 8450 m at 316°: Cayo Pajáros (island); 8960 m at 317°: Cayo Palomino (island); 13130 m at 210°: Cayo Los Limones (island group).

Cayos Piraguas: inland

5070 m at 160°: Niquero (town); 6550 m at 191°: Arroyo Cachón (stream); 6630 m at 193°: Arroyo Guanito (stream); 7780 m at 193°: El Espigón (locality); 8200 m at 101°: Monta (locality); 8340 m at 126°: Jagua Dos (settlement).

Cayos Piraguas: distances

5030 m at 157°: Niquero; 15850 m at 204°: Belic; 17870 m at 70°: Media Luna; 57590 m at 67°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 166190 m at 12°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 179970 m at 94°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 24430 m at 161°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayos Piraguas: close by

1010 m at 86°: Cayo Piragua (cay); 1250 m at 335°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 1280 m at 344°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 1920 m at 293°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 2120 m at 173°: Bajo Damián (reef); 2520 m at 294°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 2840 m at 151°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 3560 m at 191°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 3720 m at 289°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 6090 m at 228°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 6370 m at 299°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 6650 m at 214°: Cayos Azuagas (island group).

Cayos Piraguas: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 6 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 1 places of worship, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 sugar mills & refineries.

4620 m at 164°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 4640 m at 164°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 4730 m at 165°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 4760 m at 164°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 4860 m at 153°: Casa de Ailien (guest houses & hostels); 5090 m at 155°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 5130 m at 167°: Train (historic & heritage); 5210 m at 161°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 11070 m at 108°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cayos Piraguas: marine life records

6 records of 5 species within 15 km, 1928 to 2024: 2 fish, 2 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 sponges. That is 0.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 2 (fish); Sula sula, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Amphimedon, 1 (sponges); Agathistoma hotessierianum, 1 (molluscs); Agathistoma fasciatum, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayos Piraguas: notes

Trips to island groups are booked in advance.