Cayos San Juan

Cayos San Juan: coast and water

2120 m at 334°: Pasa de San Juan de Tierra (channel); 7350 m at 301°: Playa Metilla (beach); 7530 m at 189°: Canal de Media Luna (channel); 11570 m at 170°: Ensenada Media Luna (cove); 11860 m at 258°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel); 12270 m at 244°: Punta Infierno (point); 14230 m at 164°: Canal de Culebra (channel); 14590 m at 288°: Estero Esterón (estuary).

Cayos San Juan: islands

2180 m at 75°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 2810 m at 161°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 4010 m at 80°: Cayo Manopla (island); 4830 m at 187°: Cayo Punta Afuera (island); 5200 m at 90°: Cayos de Manopla (island group); 5470 m at 105°: Cayo Dos Hermanos Guacanayabo (islet); 6340 m at 81°: Cayo Navío (island); 8190 m at 93°: Cayos Bayameses (island group); 8860 m at 282°: Cayos Carnero (island group); 10960 m at 127°: Cayo Patricio (island); 11930 m at 84°: Cayo La Ceiba (island); 14740 m at 88°: Cayo Junco (island).

Cayos San Juan: inland

5800 m at 314°: Najasa (stream); 8180 m at 335°: Veloso (locality); 8940 m at 295°: La Calzada (hamlet); 10300 m at 303°: La Gloria (hamlet); 10630 m at 331°: La Esperanza (locality); 11120 m at 360°: José Oquendo (settlement).

Cayos San Juan: distances

7250 m at 302°: Playa Bonita; 9890 m at 301°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 32780 m at 85°: Guayabal; 84060 m at 5°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 119530 m at 35°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 225950 m at 109°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Cayos San Juan: close by

2180 m at 75°: Cayo Ripiado (cay); 2780 m at 162°: Cayo San Juan 2 (cay); 2790 m at 160°: Cayo San Juan de Afuera (cay); 2810 m at 161°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 3460 m at 192°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 3920 m at 171°: Cayo la Playa (cay); 4010 m at 80°: Cayo Manopla (cay); 4830 m at 187°: Cayo Punta Afuera (cay); 5080 m at 223°: Cayos de Sevilla (island group); 5200 m at 90°: Cayos de Manopla (island group); 5470 m at 105°: Cayo Dos Hermanos Guacanayabo (cay); 6350 m at 81°: Cayo Navío (cay).

Cayos San Juan: on and around

Within 15 km: 12 schools, 11 stores & supermarkets, 8 clinics & polyclinics, 7 places of worship, 6 government & embassies, 6 trails & viewpoints, 4 banks & exchange, 4 factories & works, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 historic & heritage.

9440 m at 305°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport); 9830 m at 303°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 9840 m at 303°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 9970 m at 303°: Museo Municipal (museums); 10000 m at 303°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 10670 m at 305°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 10670 m at 305°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 11170 m at 310°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 11390 m at 311°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 11640 m at 312°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints).

Cayos San Juan: marine life records

10 records of 10 species within 15 km: 9 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 1.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Cephalopholis cruentata, 1 (fish); Holacanthus tricolor, 1 (fish); Priacanthus, 1 (fish); Epinephelus guttatus, 1 (fish); Holocentrus adscensionis, 1 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 1 (fish); Euvola laurentii, 1 (molluscs); Holacanthus ciliaris, 1 (fish); Hypoplectrus puella, 1 (fish); Bodianus rufus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayos San Juan: notes

Ask an operator which cays can be reached.

Getting to Cayos San Juan

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 7.9 km away.