Archipelagos · Villa Clara
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta is an island group at 22°56′09″N 79°53′58″W in Villa Clara province.
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: coast and water
390 m at 150°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel); 2350 m at 73°: Cañón del Inglés (channel); 4020 m at 39°: Punta de Piedra (point); 4830 m at 185°: Bahía de Novillo (bay); 8170 m at 65°: Punta Las Lavanderas (point); 8410 m at 74°: Playa La Uva (beach); 9470 m at 245°: Bahía Colorada (cove); 9680 m at 303°: Boca Marillani (channel).
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: islands
2020 m at 112°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (island); 3350 m at 253°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 4860 m at 244°: Cayo Chubasco (island); 7440 m at 106°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 7780 m at 306°: Cayo Mariposa (island); 10670 m at 290°: Cayo Palomo (island); 10860 m at 288°: Cayo Paloma (island); 11180 m at 306°: Cayo de la Cruz (island); 13510 m at 119°: Cayo Isidoro (island); 13770 m at 290°: Cayo Levisa (island); 13850 m at 95°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 14670 m at 308°: Cayo Matahambre (island).
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: inland
8490 m at 201°: Playa Uvero (settlement); 12120 m at 278°: Estación Concha (railway station); 14040 m at 227°: Pastora de Cartaya (locality); 14090 m at 184°: Piñón Número Dos (hamlet); 14180 m at 184°: Piñón (hamlet); 14740 m at 252°: Laguna del Dorado (pond).
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: distances
10340 m at 186°: Playa Piñón; 10700 m at 232°: Playa Colorado; 11600 m at 272°: Isabela de Sagua; 49520 m at 185°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 103520 m at 213°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 105120 m at 213°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).
Protected: 27860 m at 244°: Mogotes de Jumagua.
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: close by
1740 m at 319°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 2020 m at 112°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 2820 m at 135°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 3340 m at 253°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 3380 m at 242°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (cay); 4000 m at 68°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 4860 m at 244°: Cayo Chubasco (cay); 4990 m at 100°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 5270 m at 256°: Nikolis M (reef); 5880 m at 61°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 6120 m at 229°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 6230 m at 291°: Cayo Hachuela (cay).
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: on and around
Within 15 km: 2 factories & works, 2 salt works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics.
11140 m at 274°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 11290 m at 274°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 11520 m at 273°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 11750 m at 272°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: marine life records
595 records of 176 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2024: 295 fish, 138 sponges, 126 corals, 23 crustaceans, 7 other, 3 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms, 1 marine mammals. That is 84.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 33 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 18 (sponges); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 18 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 17 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 16 (fish); Acropora palmata, 16 (corals); Stichopathes, 14 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 12 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Getting to Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 14 km away.
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.