Cayo Cayeras

Cayo Cayeras: coast and water

4480 m at 153°: Punta de Chicho (point); 6230 m at 159°: Laguna Tronconera (lagoon); 7370 m at 170°: Punta de Jesús (point); 7930 m at 137°: Laguna de Santiago (lagoon); 8310 m at 179°: Punta los Jimaguas (point); 9850 m at 174°: Ensenada Las Calderas (cove); 10330 m at 132°: Ensenada Cuberas (cove); 11600 m at 10°: Canalizo El Hacha (channel).

Cayo Cayeras: islands

3510 m at 310°: Cayo Frío (island); 5370 m at 138°: Cayo Guajiro (island); 5790 m at 232°: Cayo Chino (island); 5900 m at 124°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 6930 m at 217°: Cayo Tricornia (island); 7720 m at 261°: Cayo Triste (island); 8680 m at 234°: Cayo Parguete (island); 8760 m at 125°: Cayo Las Picúas (island); 9110 m at 333°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 12010 m at 354°: Cayo Alcatraces (island); 12250 m at 31°: Cayo La Yana (island); 12470 m at 55°: Cayo Cuaba (island).

Cayo Cayeras: inland

11590 m at 173°: Biajaca (stream); 11890 m at 168°: Eugenia (locality); 11900 m at 175°: Majá (locality); 11980 m at 180°: María Josefa (locality); 12130 m at 191°: Felicia (locality); 12930 m at 191°: La Piedra (settlement).

Cayo Cayeras: distances

9910 m at 191°: Salinas del Jatal; 14410 m at 249°: Playa La Fe; 16890 m at 197°: Rancho Veloz; 72080 m at 145°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 97870 m at 186°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 82140 m at 281°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 30210 m at 137°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Cayeras: close by

1300 m at 176°: Cayo Negro (cay); 2100 m at 97°: Cayo Gallina (cay); 2890 m at 57°: Cayo Coco (cay); 2960 m at 170°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (cay); 3390 m at 161°: Cayo La Solapa (cay); 3450 m at 210°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 3500 m at 310°: Cayo Frío (cay); 4050 m at 352°: Cayo Picheles (cay); 4580 m at 252°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 5370 m at 138°: Cayo Guajiro (cay); 5500 m at 200°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 5780 m at 232°: Cayo Chino (cay).

Cayo Cayeras: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 salt works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 schools, 1 farms & plantations, 1 camp sites.

11860 m at 219°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14530 m at 247°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites).

Cayo Cayeras: marine life records

14 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 11 marine mammals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 4.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 10 (marine mammals); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pluvialis squatarola, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Onustus longleyi, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 11.

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

Cayo Cayeras: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.