Cayo Carenas

Cayo Carenas: coast and water

270 m at 99°: Punta Carabineros (point); 310 m at 19°: Punta Piedras (point); 880 m at 240°: Punta Tamboril (point); 1250 m at 193°: Punta La Cantera (point); 1710 m at 34°: Cabezo Langosta (shoal); 2850 m at 132°: Punta Movida (point); 3280 m at 317°: Punta Ladrillos (point); 3520 m at 130°: Punta Terry (point); 4240 m at 33°: Ensenada de las Calabazas (cove); 4370 m at 99°: Punta Madruga (point); 4440 m at 88°: Punta de la Trompada (point); 4610 m at 72°: Punta Coreca (point); 4610 m at 182°: Puerto de Jagua (inlet); 4810 m at 31°: Punta Yerba (point); 5240 m at 102°: Punta de la Entrada de la Laguna (point); 5310 m at 83°: Ensenada del Caunao (cove).

Cayo Carenas: islands

2090 m at 128°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 4100 m at 105°: Cayo Ocampo (island); 5380 m at 65°: Cayo Ratón (island); 5460 m at 101°: Cayo Colorado (island); 5600 m at 76°: Cayo Corojo (island); 5650 m at 92°: Cayo Madama (island); 7070 m at 3°: Cayo Loco (island).

Cayo Carenas: inland

2450 m at 198°: Castillo de Jagua (settlement); 2510 m at 260°: Cueva Jucaral (cave); 2510 m at 260°: Los Paredones (locality); 2770 m at 179°: Pasacaballo (hotel); 3370 m at 227°: Miramar (locality); 4090 m at 41°: Hotel Punta La Cueva (hotel); 4210 m at 190°: Sabanilla (locality); 4220 m at 264°: Aguada Gil (locality); 5090 m at 18°: Punta Gorda (district); 5840 m at 76°: Caunao (stream); 5930 m at 266°: Mi Destino (locality); 6080 m at 283°: La Laguna (locality).

Cayo Carenas: distances

6640 m at 17°: Cienfuegos; 10110 m at 277°: Juraguá; 16220 m at 141°: Las Playitas; 8380 m at 34°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 7250 m at 16°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 5910 m at 7°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 35280 m at 107°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Carenas: close by

2090 m at 128°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 4100 m at 105°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 5050 m at 9°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 5360 m at 356°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 5370 m at 65°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5460 m at 101°: Cayo Colorado (cay); 5600 m at 76°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 5650 m at 92°: Cayo Madama (cay); 5980 m at 3°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 6040 m at 7°: Muelle Real (fishing); 6320 m at 149°: Diving Center (reef); 6380 m at 352°: Punta Arenas (fishing).

Cayo Carenas: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 47 schools, 28 factories & works, 24 attractions, 19 clinics & polyclinics, 17 stores & supermarkets, 17 garages & car services, 15 government & embassies, 14 stadiums & sport, 13 historic & heritage.

1910 m at 195°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 2350 m at 187°: Hostal Punta Pie (guest houses & hostels); 2510 m at 187°: Castillo de Jagua (stations & terminals); 2780 m at 184°: Pasacaballos (stations & terminals); 2810 m at 191°: Ciudad Nuclear (stations & terminals); 3380 m at 9°: Mirador la punta (attractions); 3460 m at 11°: Villa Lagarto (attractions); 3460 m at 11°: Casa padron (guest houses & hostels); 3460 m at 11°: Hostal Los Delfines (guest houses & hostels); 3850 m at 13°: La India Guanaroca (attractions); 3870 m at 12°: Palacio de Valle (historic & heritage); 4100 m at 184°: Campismo Popular de Jagua (camp sites); 4130 m at 12°: Cancha de Frontenis (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Carenas: marine life records

234 records of 146 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 127 molluscs, 49 fish, 33 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays. That is 74.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 16 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 5 (molluscs); Pterois, 5 (fish); Echinolittorina ziczac, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 4 (molluscs); Syringodium filiforme, 4 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Carenas: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Carenas

• By boat: the route Cayo Carenas - Castillo de Jagua is mapped. Schedules and operators change, so confirm locally before travelling.
• By boat: the route Cienfuegos - Cayo Carenas is mapped. Schedules and operators change, so confirm locally before travelling.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 6.2 km away.