Archipelagos · Villa Clara
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela is an island group at 22°56′44″N 79°45′31″W in Villa Clara province.
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela: coast and water
1670 m at 280°: Boca de Lanzanillo (channel); 5180 m at 265°: Boca Chica (channel); 10010 m at 207°: Punta Tabaco (point); 12060 m at 280°: Punta de Piedra (point); 14290 m at 264°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel); 15960 m at 248°: Bahía de Novillo (bay); 17180 m at 195°: Laguna La Pajarera (lagoon); 17950 m at 134°: Bocas de Marcos (channel).
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela: islands
6680 m at 301°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 9560 m at 235°: Cayo Versagua (island); 9680 m at 259°: Cayo Culebra (island); 11550 m at 225°: Cayo Vaca (island); 12680 m at 262°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (island); 12810 m at 256°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 17590 m at 261°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (island); 20260 m at 273°: Cayo Hachuela (island); 20810 m at 281°: Cayo Maravillas (island); 21920 m at 125°: Roca Vinson (island); 26360 m at 271°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 27020 m at 292°: Cayo del Cristo (island).
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela: inland
13090 m at 216°: Dolores (locality); 19000 m at 198°: Estero de Granadillo (locality); 20360 m at 193°: Granadillo Viejo (locality); 21310 m at 201°: Granadillo (locality); 22760 m at 209°: Estero Peralta (locality); 22900 m at 225°: Banguela (locality).
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela: distances
19230 m at 234°: Playa Piñón; 19790 m at 174°: Playa Nazábal; 22470 m at 180°: Emilio Córdova; 53840 m at 201°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 112790 m at 218°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 114430 m at 219°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela: close by
360 m at 126°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 2450 m at 195°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 3910 m at 251°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 5390 m at 185°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 6680 m at 301°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 7760 m at 179°: Cayo Alto (cay); 7880 m at 247°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 7960 m at 199°: Cayo Isidoro (cay); 9470 m at 281°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 9560 m at 235°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 9680 m at 259°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 10300 m at 126°: Cayo Pajonal (cay).
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela: marine life records
887 records of 163 species within 15 km, 1939 to 2017: 378 fish, 265 sponges, 236 corals, 4 other, 3 echinoderms, 1 sharks and rays. That is 125.5 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 64 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 40 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 36 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 33 (fish); Stichopathes, 30 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 28 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 24 (fish); Millepora complanata, 23 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 22 (fish); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 21 (sponges).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela: notes
Ask an operator which cays can be reached.
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.