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Cayo Arena

Satellite view of Cayo Arena, Cuba
Cayo Arena (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Arena is a cay at 20°40′10″N 75°18′30″W in Guantánamo province.

GPS 20.66944, -75.3083320°40′10″N 75°18′30″W

Cayo Arena: coast and water

1770 m at 5°: Punta Ramallo (point); 2540 m at 347°: Ensenada Ramona (bay); 2710 m at 313°: Bahía Sagua de Tánamo (bay); 3030 m at 59°: Ensenada del Canal (cove); 4110 m at 326°: Punta Verraco (point); 4350 m at 266°: Playa Tánamo (beach); 4600 m at 290°: Bahía Limones (bay); 5380 m at 348°: Punta Juaquín (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Arena
Cayo Arena, wider

Cayo Arena: islands

870 m at 270°: Cayo Rosario (island); 880 m at 80°: Cayo Ratones (island); 920 m at 251°: Cayo Largo (island); 1520 m at 72°: Cayo Quemado (island); 1770 m at 331°: Cayo Medio (island); 3020 m at 301°: Cayo Turrones (island); 3510 m at 346°: Cayo Bruja (island); 4280 m at 323°: Cayo Juanito (island); 4600 m at 290°: Cayo Limón (island); 5160 m at 308°: Cayo Alto (island); 6810 m at 320°: Cayo Pájaros (island).

Cayo Arena: inland

3350 m at 222°: Collazo Uno (settlement); 3510 m at 14°: El Canal (locality); 4180 m at 99°: Cayo Mambí (town); 4380 m at 48°: Canal Tres (settlement); 4600 m at 290°: Río Limones (stream); 4850 m at 269°: Tánamo (settlement).

Cayo Arena: distances

2850 m at 101°: Frank País; 4350 m at 266°: Playa Tánamo; 4460 m at 96°: Cayo Mambí; 90120 m at 112°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 38340 m at 92°: Port of Moa (port); 97160 m at 218°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 17760 m at 221°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Arena: close by

870 m at 270°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 880 m at 80°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 920 m at 250°: Cayo Largo (cay); 1520 m at 72°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 1770 m at 331°: Cayo Medio (cay); 3020 m at 301°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 3510 m at 346°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 4280 m at 323°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 4600 m at 290°: Cayo Limón (cay); 5170 m at 308°: Cayo Alto (cay); 6810 m at 320°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 9200 m at 62°: Camaronera (fishing).

Cayo Arena: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 schools, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 government & embassies, 3 places of worship, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 banks & exchange, 3 coral reefs, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stations & terminals, 2 theatres & arts.

3770 m at 99°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 4050 m at 188°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 4190 m at 100°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 4280 m at 99°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 4460 m at 97°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 4730 m at 96°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 5100 m at 93°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 10860 m at 147°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 11660 m at 146°: Sagua de Tánamo (stations & terminals); 11850 m at 143°: Cine (theatres & arts); 11880 m at 143°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 12530 m at 139°: Sabala (camp sites).

Cayo Arena: marine life records

24 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Vitta meleagris, 1 (molluscs); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Arena: notes

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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.

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