Cays & islands · Sancti Spíritus
Cayo Boca Ciega
Cayo Boca Ciega is a cay at 22°32′22″N 79°06′42″W in Sancti Spíritus province.
Cayo Boca Ciega: coast and water
2500 m at 113°: Punta Catecismo (point); 2540 m at 265°: Boca de las Manchas (channel); 6000 m at 110°: Punta Providencia (point); 7490 m at 311°: Laguna Blanca (lagoon); 10250 m at 261°: Ensenada del Palo (cove); 11310 m at 258°: Pasa Restinga de los Machos (channel); 12540 m at 273°: Lagunato El Inglés (lagoon); 14790 m at 45°: Lagunato de Santa María (lagoon).
Cayo Boca Ciega: islands
4910 m at 273°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 6820 m at 107°: Cayuelo del Concha (island); 8860 m at 298°: Cayo La Trina (island); 10550 m at 354°: Cayo El Ensenachito (island); 10690 m at 14°: Cayo Chivo (island); 11570 m at 288°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (island); 11750 m at 351°: Cayo Agustín (island); 12280 m at 111°: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey (island group); 12970 m at 25°: Cayo Santa Maria (island); 13890 m at 320°: Cayo Francés (island); 15190 m at 202°: Cayo Almita (island); 15240 m at 207°: Cayo Redras (island).
Cayo Boca Ciega: inland
10220 m at 339°: villa las brujas (hotel); 11720 m at 11°: Iberostar Coral Ensenachos (hotel); 14350 m at 22°: Melia Las Dunas (hotel); 14420 m at 10°: Meliá Buenavista (hotel); 14970 m at 29°: Hotel Starfish Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 15150 m at 30°: Royalton Cayo Sta Maria (hotel).
Cayo Boca Ciega: distances
21400 m at 216°: Playa Victoria; 23410 m at 219°: Playa de Carbó; 23490 m at 229°: Playa Bofill; 80940 m at 96°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 143320 m at 253°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 46140 m at 84°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).
Protected: 15380 m at 196°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 20010 m at 49°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 30380 m at 198°: Jobo Rosado.
Cayo Boca Ciega: close by
4910 m at 273°: Cayos Las Loras (island group); 5090 m at 273°: Cayo Las Loras (cay); 5460 m at 273°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 6820 m at 106°: Cayuelo del Concha (cay); 7610 m at 100°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 8850 m at 298°: Cayo La Trina (cay); 9770 m at 103°: Cayo Gordo de Mariquimbay (cay); 10550 m at 354°: Cayo El Ensenachito (cay); 10690 m at 14°: Cayo Chivo (cay); 10810 m at 27°: Cayuelo de Piedra (cay); 10820 m at 313°: Cayo Cobos (island group); 10890 m at 320°: Cayo las Brujas (cay).
Cayo Boca Ciega: on and around
Within 15 km: 5 stadiums & sport, 3 theatres & arts, 2 mines & quarries, 2 banks & exchange, 1 fuel stations, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 marinas, 1 power plants, 1 universities & colleges, 1 guest houses & hostels.
9530 m at 357°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 10920 m at 339°: Plaza Flor de Sal (pasa día) (urban parks & plazas); 11390 m at 3°: Nautical Center (stadiums & sport); 11500 m at 326°: Marina Las Brujas (marinas); 11780 m at 13°: Sport Club (stadiums & sport); 11880 m at 9°: Nautical Sport Center (stadiums & sport); 13890 m at 24°: Motelera Cayo Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 14110 m at 21°: Cubano (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14140 m at 21°: Bolera (stadiums & sport); 14150 m at 21°: Mirador El Faro (attractions); 14150 m at 26°: cyruce (stations & terminals).
Cayo Boca Ciega: marine life records
40 records of 24 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2023: 15 seabirds and shorebirds, 13 fish, 5 seagrass and algae, 2 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 sharks and rays, 1 corals, 1 marine mammals, 1 molluscs. That is 12.7 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 12 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Lutjanus griseus, 2 (fish); Oreaster reticulatus, 2 (echinoderms); Sphyraena barracuda, 1 (fish); Albula vulpes, 1 (fish); Avicennia germinans, 1 (seagrass and algae); Haemulon flavolineatum, 1 (fish); Panulirus argus, 1 (crustaceans); Gerres cinereus, 1 (fish); Carcharhinus, 1 (sharks and rays); Pterois volitans, 1 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 6, Dec 2.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Boca Ciega: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
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.