Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Badia

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

Cayo Badia is a cay at 21°45′44″N 77°26′44″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 21.76218, -77.4455021°45′44″N 77°26′44″W

Cayo Badia: coast and water

4230 m at 354°: Pasa de las Carabelas (inlet); 6550 m at 135°: Punta de los Robles Cayo Sabinal (point); 7150 m at 297°: Punta Cabeza de Vaca (point); 9760 m at 95°: Cayo Sabinal Laguna de Caimanes (lagoon); 11710 m at 333°: Punta de Piedra (point); 12590 m at 264°: Rincón Grande (estuary); 13510 m at 167°: Laguna Flamenco (lagoon); 13650 m at 135°: Cayo Sabinal Playa Resbalosa (beach).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Badia
Cayo Badia, wider

Cayo Badia: islands

2390 m at 349°: Cayo Guao (island); 11870 m at 321°: Cayo Guajaba (island); 14840 m at 330°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (islet); 18430 m at 125°: Cayo Sabinal (island); 24000 m at 314°: Cayo La Alegría (island); 24130 m at 307°: Cayo Toro (island); 24850 m at 319°: Cayo Ancón (island); 25130 m at 300°: Cayo Sardina (islet); 27760 m at 301°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (islet); 27800 m at 297°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 28190 m at 314°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (islet); 29240 m at 317°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island).

Cayo Badia: inland

8220 m at 261°: Río Máximo (stream); 9560 m at 125°: Laguna Jicacal (pond); 10210 m at 318°: Loma Los Hornos (hill); 10650 m at 234°: Las Delicias (hamlet); 10840 m at 192°: Sitio Viejo (locality); 10880 m at 263°: Columbia (settlement).

Cayo Badia: distances

18400 m at 125°: Cayo Sabinal; 21450 m at 187°: Platanal; 23850 m at 275°: Playa Piloto; 56400 m at 228°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 30400 m at 141°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 155370 m at 306°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 30180 m at 112°: Reserva Ecológica Maternillos Tortuguilla; 36240 m at 137°: Refugio de la Fauna; 36280 m at 136°: Reserva Natural Los Ballenatos.

Cayo Badia: close by

410 m at 206°: Cayo Revolcado (cay); 2200 m at 347°: Cayo Loguera (cay); 2400 m at 349°: Cayo Guao (cay); 3360 m at 152°: Cayo Sifonte (cay); 6480 m at 354°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 7210 m at 154°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 11870 m at 321°: Cayo Guajaba (cay); 11930 m at 140°: Cayo Los Casimbones Sur de Sabinal (cay); 12250 m at 75°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 14830 m at 330°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (cay); 16230 m at 299°: Cayo Garrafón (cay); 16620 m at 303°: Cayo Garrapón (cay).

Cayo Badia: on and around

Within 15 km: 31 coral reefs, 1 police & fire, 1 peaks & volcanoes.

10850 m at 308°: Silla de Luis Mae (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Badia: marine life records

240 records of 42 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 164 fish, 76 corals. That is 76.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 25 (corals); Millepora complanata, 17 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 12 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 10 (corals); Cephalopholis fulva, 10 (fish); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Holacanthus tricolor, 8 (fish).

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

Cayo Badia: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

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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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