Cayo Cueva

Cayo Cueva: coast and water

3480 m at 107°: Punta del Obispo (point); 3640 m at 206°: Ensenada de Victoria (cove); 4270 m at 292°: Pasa Boca de Salinas (channel); 4670 m at 126°: Ensenada Caguanes (cove); 5280 m at 107°: Ensenada de los Jacos (cove); 6080 m at 241°: Playa Vitoria (beach); 8470 m at 244°: Playa Carbó (beach); 9850 m at 99°: Restinga de Cayo Palma (shoal).

Cayo Cueva: islands

710 m at 293°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 870 m at 26°: Cayo Redras (island); 1430 m at 74°: Cayo Almita (island); 2670 m at 308°: Cayo Guainabo (island); 3570 m at 107°: Cayo El Obispo (island); 5970 m at 290°: Cayo Salinas (island); 8370 m at 106°: Cayo Palma (island); 8590 m at 262°: Cayo Los Cayuelos (island); 10350 m at 294°: Cayo Lucas (island); 14800 m at 7°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 14850 m at 9°: Cayos Las Loras (island group).

Cayo Cueva: inland

5160 m at 202°: Río Yaguajay (stream); 5730 m at 111°: Cueva Sandalio Noda, Caguanes (cave); 6220 m at 178°: Almiquí (hamlet); 6340 m at 113°: Cueva del Pirata, Caguanes (cave); 6570 m at 109°: Cueva de Humboldt, Caguanes (cave); 7040 m at 132°: Echarte (locality).

Cayo Cueva: distances

6080 m at 241°: Playa Victoria; 8460 m at 244°: Playa de Carbó; 10510 m at 264°: Playa Bofill; 78800 m at 277°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 132670 m at 258°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 56530 m at 70°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 2900 m at 97°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 14680 m at 188°: Jobo Rosado; 17360 m at 204°: Flora y Fauna.

Cayo Cueva: close by

710 m at 293°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 880 m at 26°: Cayo Redras (cay); 1430 m at 74°: Cayo Almita (cay); 2430 m at 309°: Cayo Guainarao (cay); 2660 m at 308°: Cayo Guainabo (cay); 3570 m at 107°: Cayo El Obispo (cay); 5970 m at 290°: Cayo Salinas (cay); 8380 m at 106°: Cayo Palma (cay); 8590 m at 262°: Cayo Los Cayuelos (cay); 10350 m at 294°: Cayo Lucas (cay); 14800 m at 7°: Cayos de la Herradura (island group); 14840 m at 8°: Cayo Las Loras (cay).

Cayo Cueva: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 places of worship, 3 historic & heritage, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 2 parks & reserves, 2 museums, 2 government & embassies, 2 theatres & arts, 2 libraries, 2 urban parks & plazas.

2900 m at 97°: Parque Nacional Caguanes (parks & reserves); 9770 m at 207°: Museo Nacional Camilo Cienfuegos (museums); 9840 m at 207°: Monumento a Camilo Cienfuegos (historic & heritage); 9850 m at 207°: Mausoleo de los Caídos en el Frente Norte de Las Villas (historic & heritage); 10240 m at 223°: Proclama de Narcisa (historic & heritage); 10620 m at 212°: Hostal Fuente Verde (guest houses & hostels); 10690 m at 210°: Casa de Francisco AY (guest houses & hostels); 10810 m at 212°: América Libre (theatres & arts); 10820 m at 218°: Casa de KPG (guest houses & hostels); 10820 m at 211°: Parque Martí (urban parks & plazas); 10870 m at 212°: Parque Agramonte (urban parks & plazas); 10900 m at 211°: Casa de cultura Raúl Ferrer (theatres & arts); 10990 m at 209°: Museo Municipal Polivalente de Yaguajay (museums).

Cayo Cueva: marine life records

5 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1948 to 2026: 3 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs, 1 fish. That is 1.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Melampus bullaoides, 1 (molluscs); Megalops atlanticus, 1 (fish); Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Cayo Cueva: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.