Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita is a cay at 20°46′02″N 78°51′04″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita: coast and water
1220 m at 135°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 7270 m at 295°: Laguna Las Anclitas (lagoon); 7330 m at 317°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 7340 m at 121°: Laguna de Boca Piedra (lagoon); 11870 m at 132°: Canal Cachiboca (channel); 21680 m at 356°: Canal de Bergantines (channel); 24420 m at 300°: Estero Las Auras (estuary); 27860 m at 305°: Laguna Tunero (lagoon).
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita: islands
4360 m at 283°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 6150 m at 108°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 8290 m at 295°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 17190 m at 52°: Cayo Cucaracha (island); 17250 m at 47°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 18650 m at 129°: Cayo Ballena (islet); 19040 m at 129°: Cayos Los Indios (island group); 19880 m at 87°: Cayo Gordo (island); 24350 m at 303°: Cayo Caballones (island); 24690 m at 107°: Cayo Las Cruces (island); 24900 m at 338°: Cayo Cargado (island); 27260 m at 102°: Cayo Tarantín (island).
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita: inland
56790 m at 60°: Santo Domingo (hamlet); 57480 m at 55°: Santa Isabel (locality); 57870 m at 57°: San Ramón (locality); 58620 m at 66°: La Palmerita (locality); 59320 m at 64°: Las Alegrías (hamlet); 59470 m at 54°: El Flamenco (locality).
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita: distances
77080 m at 22°: Playa Santa María; 88850 m at 94°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 90770 m at 52°: La Clarita; 126860 m at 55°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 186540 m at 62°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 161310 m at 313°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 17270 m at 347°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita: close by
2260 m at 95°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (cay); 4360 m at 283°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 4780 m at 128°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 6150 m at 108°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 7010 m at 285°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 8290 m at 295°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 8760 m at 116°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 10090 m at 75°: Cayo Largo (cay); 14360 m at 133°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 16090 m at 98°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 16190 m at 99°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 16880 m at 312°: Jardines de la Reina (island group).
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita: marine life records
1669 records of 260 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2026: 1007 fish, 488 corals, 39 crustaceans, 35 molluscs, 34 sharks and rays, 24 echinoderms, 13 seabirds and shorebirds, 13 other, 11 sponges, 3 seagrass and algae, 2 turtles. That is 531.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 80 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 60 (fish); Acropora palmata, 60 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 59 (fish); Scarus iseri, 49 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 47 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 46 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 44 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 41 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 39 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 38 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 34 (fish).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita: notes
Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.
Getting to Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 14 km away.
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.