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Cayo Campos

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

Cayo Campos is a cay at 21°34′21″N 82°18′24″W in Isla de la Juventud province.

GPS 21.57253, -82.3065721°34′21″N 82°18′24″W

Cayo Campos: coast and water

3920 m at 80°: Canalizo Los Ajos (channel); 6890 m at 87°: Canalizo Aguardiente (channel); 18320 m at 317°: Punta Arena (point); 19940 m at 91°: Laguna de Cantiles (lagoon); 23240 m at 102°: Quebrada Lombelo (channel); 24430 m at 311°: Canalizo Horqueta (channel); 24850 m at 267°: Canalizo Punta del Este (channel); 26290 m at 267°: Playa Punta del Este (beach).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Campos
Cayo Campos, wider

Cayo Campos: islands

5110 m at 321°: Cayo Palma (island); 6070 m at 9°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 9830 m at 304°: Cayo Coco (island); 13110 m at 77°: Cayo Punta del Canto (island); 13990 m at 268°: Cayo Matías (island); 18810 m at 315°: Cayos Bocas de Alonso (island group); 23900 m at 269°: Cayos los Cayuelos (island group); 25970 m at 75°: Cayo Ron (island); 26300 m at 298°: Cayo Costilla (island); 29670 m at 65°: Cayo Cajones (island); 30000 m at 61°: Cayo La Palma (island); 31840 m at 78°: Cayo Convento (island).

Cayo Campos: inland

30880 m at 269°: Carril del Indio (locality); 33770 m at 277°: Cerro Caudal (hill); 37650 m at 289°: Cerros de San Juan (hills); 37830 m at 291°: Recría Cuarenta y Ocho (ranch); 38130 m at 289°: El Fanguito (settlement); 38230 m at 290°: GP La Reforma (farm).

Cayo Campos: distances

43570 m at 257°: Playa Larga; 50350 m at 292°: Santa Fe; 50800 m at 302°: Júcaro; 57280 m at 301°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 164090 m at 344°: Port of Mariel (port); 75990 m at 86°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Cayo Campos: close by

5110 m at 321°: Cayo Palma (cay); 6070 m at 9°: Archipiélago de Los Canarreos (island group); 6660 m at 260°: Cayo Hicacos (cay); 9620 m at 85°: Cayos Aguardiente (island group); 9820 m at 304°: Cayo Coco (cay); 11850 m at 87°: Cayos Catuches (island group); 12920 m at 268°: Cayo Matiitas (cay); 13100 m at 76°: Cayo Punta del Canto (cay); 13800 m at 303°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 13980 m at 268°: Cayo Matías (cay); 14160 m at 100°: Cayo Ávalos (cay); 14750 m at 85°: Cayo del Perro (cay).

Cayo Campos: marine life records

1520 records of 84 species within 10 km, 1962 to 2001: 834 fish, 674 corals, 11 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 483.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 116 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 84 (fish); Scarus iseri, 77 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 63 (fish); Acropora palmata, 61 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 58 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 57 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 56 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 53 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 50 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 48 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 47 (fish).

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

Cayo Campos: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

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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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