Cayo Arenas

Cayo Arenas: coast and water

4190 m at 170°: Ensenada de Verracos (bay); 4450 m at 193°: Punta de Tierra (point); 4620 m at 149°: Ensenada Asiento Viejo (cove); 5840 m at 173°: Playa Arroyo Berracos (beach); 9240 m at 91°: Estero Río Blanco (cove); 9550 m at 97°: Estero de los Montañeses (cove); 10160 m at 290°: Quebrado San Cayetano (channel); 12080 m at 250°: La Poza del Inglés (cove).

Cayo Arenas: islands

1570 m at 187°: Cayo Verracos (island group); 2890 m at 208°: Cayo Las Uvas (island); 4130 m at 197°: Cayo Jíbaro (island); 4320 m at 228°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 6330 m at 230°: Cayo Coruita (island); 10140 m at 250°: Cayo Pescador (island); 11930 m at 251°: Cayos Legua (island group); 12290 m at 236°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (island); 13020 m at 250°: Cayo Redondo (island); 14340 m at 68°: Cayo Levisa (island); 14500 m at 76°: Cayo Dios (island).

Cayo Arenas: inland

4620 m at 149°: Arroyo Asiento Viejo (stream); 5510 m at 130°: Carqueja (hamlet); 7610 m at 100°: Río Guacamaya (stream); 7680 m at 102°: Río La Palma (stream); 8020 m at 162°: Panatela (locality); 8020 m at 162°: Cuatro Caminos (locality).

Cayo Arenas: distances

5840 m at 173°: Playa Arroyo Berracos; 10550 m at 227°: La Esperanza; 14520 m at 133°: La Palma; 128930 m at 82°: José Martí International Airport ; 94450 m at 79°: Port of Mariel (port); 121550 m at 76°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 28530 m at 114°: Mil Cumbres; 30740 m at 206°: Parque Nacional Viñales.

Cayo Arenas: close by

1570 m at 187°: Cayo Verracos (island group); 2890 m at 208°: Cayo Las Uvas (cay); 4130 m at 197°: Cayo Jíbaro (cay); 4320 m at 228°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 6330 m at 230°: Cayo Coruita (cay); 10140 m at 250°: Cayo Pescador (cay); 10240 m at 229°: Muelle (Jetée, Pier) (fishing); 11930 m at 251°: Cayos Legua (island group); 12280 m at 236°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (cay); 13020 m at 250°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 14350 m at 68°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 14510 m at 76°: Cayo Dios (cay).

Cayo Arenas: on and around

Within 15 km: 23 guest houses & hostels, 6 schools, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 3 banks & exchange, 2 marinas, 2 historic & heritage, 2 theatres & arts, 2 post offices, 2 stations & terminals, 1 stores & supermarkets.

7300 m at 102°: Cabaña # 12 Playa Pajarito (guest houses & hostels); 9170 m at 206°: Casa Prima (guest houses & hostels); 9970 m at 227°: La Pesca Profesional (marinas); 9980 m at 227°: Villa El Pescador (guest houses & hostels); 10100 m at 228°: La Pesca Deportiva (marinas); 10210 m at 228°: Martí (historic & heritage); 10410 m at 227°: Cine (theatres & arts); 10950 m at 224°: El Barchito (historic & heritage); 12310 m at 143°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 14270 m at 132°: Paladar del Chino (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14280 m at 133°: Cine Martí (theatres & arts); 14510 m at 132°: Terminal de ómnibus municipal (stations & terminals); 14570 m at 150°: Las Lechuzas (Centro Turístico) (attractions).

Cayo Arenas: marine life records

12 records of 11 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2017: 8 sponges, 2 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans. That is 3.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 2 (sponges); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Discodermia, 1 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 1 (corals); Aplysina, 1 (sponges); Stichopathes luetkeni, 1 (corals); Coelocarteria bartschi, 1 (sponges); Erylus, 1 (sponges); Anilocra laticauda, 1 (crustaceans); Xestospongia, 1 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 1 (sponges).

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

Cayo Arenas: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.