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Cayo Bamba

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

Cayo Bamba is a cay at 22°58′13″N 80°07′47″W in Villa Clara province.

GPS 22.97023, -80.1297622°58′13″N 80°07′47″W

Cayo Bamba: coast and water

2600 m at 147°: Ensenada de Obia (cove); 4700 m at 353°: Ensenada Rincón del Infierno (cove); 6680 m at 233°: Punta Pavia (point); 8170 m at 114°: Ensenada de Punta Gorda (cove); 8280 m at 240°: Punta de Fernández (point); 8620 m at 281°: Punta La Chiva (point); 8630 m at 34°: Punta de Pargo (point); 8910 m at 9°: Bahía Isabela de Sagua (bay).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Bamba
Cayo Bamba, wider

Cayo Bamba: islands

4450 m at 49°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 4880 m at 289°: Cayo Cuadrado (island); 5630 m at 337°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (island); 7450 m at 327°: Cayo El Barbero (island); 9030 m at 52°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 9720 m at 260°: Cayo El Chivo (island); 10260 m at 241°: Cayo Zarapico (island); 10670 m at 32°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 12030 m at 26°: Cayo Hicacal (island); 12360 m at 66°: Cayo Iguana (island); 13290 m at 92°: Cayo Paloma (island); 13560 m at 91°: Cayo Palomo (island).

Cayo Bamba: inland

8680 m at 206°: Pozo de Lima (locality); 8920 m at 155°: Júcaro (hamlet); 9760 m at 172°: Alcover (locality); 10840 m at 193°: La Ofelia (hamlet); 11530 m at 121°: Fortuna (hamlet); 11630 m at 146°: Hacienda Ganadera (hamlet).

Cayo Bamba: distances

10700 m at 113°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 10710 m at 236°: Playa de Durán; 12480 m at 106°: Isabela de Sagua; 56490 m at 160°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 96610 m at 199°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 98070 m at 200°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 16190 m at 185°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Bamba: close by

2480 m at 228°: Cayo Punta Rosas (cay); 2510 m at 264°: Cayo Las Glorias (cay); 3820 m at 245°: Cayo Veloz (cay); 4440 m at 49°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 4870 m at 289°: Cayo Cuadrado (cay); 5030 m at 248°: Cayo Pelón (cay); 5540 m at 5°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 5630 m at 337°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (cay); 6840 m at 313°: Las Picuas (cay); 7090 m at 35°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 7440 m at 327°: Cayo El Barbero (cay); 8920 m at 286°: Cayo La Chiva (cay).

Cayo Bamba: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 2 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 stations & terminals, 1 historic & heritage, 1 marinas, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón.

12360 m at 107°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals); 12500 m at 105°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 12700 m at 104°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 12840 m at 103°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo Bamba: marine life records

110 records of 40 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2005: 86 fish, 12 marine mammals, 9 crustaceans, 2 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms. That is 35.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 12 (marine mammals); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Strongylura notata, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Gammaridea, 5 (crustaceans); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish); Erotelis smaragdus, 4 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 4 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 4 (fish); Holocentrus rufus, 2 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 12.

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

Cayo Bamba: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

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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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