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Cayo Culebra

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

Cayo Culebra is a cay at 22°55′42″N 79°51′05″W in Villa Clara province.

GPS 22.92833, -79.8513122°55′42″N 79°51′05″W

Cayo Culebra: coast and water

4560 m at 72°: Boca Chica (channel); 4760 m at 276°: Cañón de Piedra Alta (channel); 4930 m at 30°: Punta Las Lavanderas (point); 6200 m at 250°: Puerto Sagua La Grande (bay); 6460 m at 210°: Punta Novillo (point); 8570 m at 145°: Punta Tabaco (point); 8670 m at 259°: Pasa de Tumba la Olla (channel); 11080 m at 293°: Boca de Cañate (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Culebra
Cayo Culebra, wider

Cayo Culebra: islands

3160 m at 248°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 3720 m at 3°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 4990 m at 280°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 6350 m at 168°: Cayo Vaca (island); 6600 m at 35°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 8070 m at 223°: Cayo Róbalo (island); 8880 m at 93°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 9680 m at 111°: Cayos Las Balsas (island group); 9690 m at 79°: Cayuelos de Cayo la Vela (island group); 17030 m at 278°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 18710 m at 287°: Cayo Levisa (island); 18840 m at 301°: Cayo Bicho (island).

Cayo Culebra: inland

8850 m at 190°: Venturilla (locality); 11690 m at 205°: Batey Lazo (locality); 14590 m at 204°: Piñón (hamlet); 15760 m at 205°: Banguela (locality); 16250 m at 273°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 16510 m at 274°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement).

Cayo Culebra: distances

11200 m at 212°: Playa Piñón; 14540 m at 246°: Playa Colorado; 16560 m at 274°: Isabela de Sagua; 49400 m at 191°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 105570 m at 215°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 107190 m at 215°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 32050 m at 249°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Culebra: close by

2540 m at 118°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 2630 m at 333°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 3050 m at 271°: Cayo Los Quitasoles (cay); 3160 m at 248°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 3720 m at 3°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 3890 m at 155°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 4990 m at 280°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 5830 m at 84°: Cayo Lanzanillo (cay); 6350 m at 168°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 6430 m at 289°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 6600 m at 35°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 7930 m at 264°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (cay).

Cayo Culebra: marine life records

518 records of 146 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2017: 245 fish, 138 sponges, 126 corals, 7 crustaceans, 2 other. That is 164.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 33 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 18 (sponges); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 18 (sponges); Orbicella faveolata, 17 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 16 (fish); Acropora palmata, 16 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 15 (fish); Stichopathes, 14 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 12 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish).

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

Cayo Culebra: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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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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