Cuatro Canalizos

Cuatro Canalizos: coast and water

4040 m at 120°: Bajo Atravesada (shoal); 4840 m at 116°: Punta Hicaco (point); 4910 m at 90°: Canal de Balandras (channel); 5240 m at 110°: Pasa Piragua (channel); 5360 m at 191°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 6060 m at 201°: Pasa Azuaga (channel); 6260 m at 126°: Bahía de Niquero (bay); 8290 m at 174°: Punta Coloraditas (point).

Cuatro Canalizos: islands

1230 m at 99°: Cayo Huevo (island); 1810 m at 105°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 2980 m at 92°: Cayo Antonia (island); 3170 m at 90°: Cayo Cocos (island); 3710 m at 109°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 4660 m at 104°: Cayo Piragua (island); 5390 m at 334°: Cayo Pajáros (island); 5480 m at 149°: Cayo Niquero (island); 5940 m at 334°: Cayo Palomino (island); 6140 m at 127°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 6700 m at 182°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 12940 m at 194°: Cayo Los Limones (island group).

Cuatro Canalizos: inland

7400 m at 138°: Roberto Ramírez (sugar mill); 7940 m at 139°: Niquero (town); 7960 m at 164°: Arroyo Cachón (stream); 8950 m at 169°: El Espigón (locality); 9410 m at 130°: Guaimaral (settlement); 9740 m at 112°: Manáguano (hamlet).

Cuatro Canalizos: distances

8000 m at 137°: Niquero; 15990 m at 190°: Belic; 19320 m at 197°: Playa las Coloradas; 60410 m at 70°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 165790 m at 13°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 183550 m at 94°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 26870 m at 155°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cuatro Canalizos: close by

1230 m at 99°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 1810 m at 105°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 2780 m at 312°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 2980 m at 92°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 3170 m at 90°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 3720 m at 109°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 4660 m at 104°: Cayo Piragua (cay); 4840 m at 277°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 5020 m at 131°: Bajo Damián (reef); 5360 m at 191°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 5390 m at 334°: Cayo Pajáros (cay); 5480 m at 149°: Cayo Niquero (cay).

Cuatro Canalizos: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 5 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 historic & heritage.

7420 m at 139°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 7440 m at 140°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 7480 m at 141°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 7530 m at 140°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 7610 m at 141°: Casa Paraíso Azul (guest houses & hostels); 7780 m at 143°: Train (historic & heritage); 8060 m at 139°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 8130 m at 136°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 14790 m at 108°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cuatro Canalizos: 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.

Cuatro Canalizos: notes

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