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Cayo Arenoso

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

Cayo Arenoso is a cay at 21°48′00″N 81°12′00″W in Cienfuegos province.

GPS 21.80000, -81.2000021°48′00″N 81°12′00″W

Cayo Arenoso: coast and water

10420 m at 301°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 11720 m at 298°: Médano Vizcaíno (reef); 19100 m at 141°: Banco de Jardinillos (shoal); 23820 m at 236°: Playa Tortuga (beach); 25880 m at 296°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 28230 m at 235°: Playa Los Palos (beach); 31900 m at 1°: Punta Migote del Padre (point); 33720 m at 21°: Punta Oriental (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Arenoso
Cayo Arenoso, wider

Cayo Arenoso: islands

12930 m at 298°: Cayo Blanco (island); 17840 m at 167°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 17870 m at 157°: Cayo La Trinchera (island); 20160 m at 25°: Cayo Piedras (island); 20980 m at 198°: Cayo Inglés (island); 22420 m at 132°: Cayo Guano del Este (island); 27490 m at 354°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 31780 m at 322°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 33770 m at 355°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 39010 m at 329°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 42560 m at 319°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 55200 m at 301°: Cayo Bonito (island).

Cayo Arenoso: inland

34340 m at 30°: Villa Playa Giron (hotel); 34950 m at 32°: El Polvorín (hamlet); 35560 m at 346°: La Salina (locality); 36170 m at 15°: Finca Perdices (locality); 36220 m at 41°: Playa Maceo (hamlet); 37580 m at 235°: playa blanca (hotel).

Cayo Arenoso: distances

34280 m at 30°: Playa Girón; 38370 m at 359°: Playa Los Cocos; 39180 m at 237°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 41160 m at 240°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 87500 m at 63°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 43680 m at 242°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Arenoso: close by

10410 m at 301°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 11720 m at 298°: Médano Vizcaíno (reef); 12930 m at 298°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 17840 m at 167°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 17870 m at 157°: Cayo La Trinchera (cay); 18090 m at 167°: Cayo Oro (cay); 18690 m at 172°: Cayo Sal (cay); 20160 m at 25°: Cayo Piedras (cay); 20980 m at 198°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 22260 m at 147°: Cayo Trabuco (cay); 22410 m at 132°: Cayo Guano del Este (cay); 22480 m at 132°: Cayo Guano (cay).

Cayo Arenoso: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 coral reefs.

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Cayo Arenoso: marine life records

1176 records of 78 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 648 fish, 528 corals. That is 374.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 196 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 55 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 49 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 48 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 47 (corals); Scarus iseri, 46 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 44 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 36 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 35 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 35 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 32 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 31 (fish).

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

Cayo Arenoso: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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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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