Cays & islands · Ciego de Ávila

Cayo Cureña

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

Cayo Cureña is a cay at 22°33′29″N 78°58′02″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 22.55806, -78.9672222°33′29″N 78°58′02″W

Cayo Cureña: coast and water

10080 m at 5°: Punta del Este de Santa María (point); 10240 m at 47°: Cabezo Los Colorados (reef); 12240 m at 130°: Canalizo Patabán (channel); 12900 m at 256°: Punta Catecismo (point); 16510 m at 31°: Cayo Caimán Grande Lighthouse (lighthouse); 18630 m at 194°: Punta de Judas (point); 18640 m at 278°: Lagunato Sur de Las Brujas (lagoon); 19780 m at 111°: Canalizo Baliza Vieja (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Cureña
Cayo Cureña, wider

Cayo Cureña: islands

2430 m at 318°: Cayo Vinagre (island); 6670 m at 340°: Cayo Iguana (island); 7720 m at 321°: Cayo Mogote (island); 10170 m at 310°: Cayo Largo (island); 10610 m at 328°: Cayuelos Las Corúas (island group); 10910 m at 106°: Cayo Gordo de Patabán (island); 12490 m at 307°: Cayuelo de Piedra (island); 14770 m at 304°: Cayo Chivo (island); 14970 m at 262°: Cayo Boca Ciega (island); 15670 m at 109°: Cayo Candela (island); 16700 m at 26°: Cayos Santa María (island group); 17910 m at 46°: Cayo Caimán de Barlovento (island).

Cayo Cureña: inland

11880 m at 357°: Valentin Perla Blanca (hotel); 12860 m at 329°: Memories Paraiso Azul Beach Resort (hotel); 13660 m at 118°: San Pedro (locality); 13700 m at 324°: Husa Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 14040 m at 323°: Hotel Playa Cayo Santa Maria (hotel); 15980 m at 307°: Occidental Royal Hideaway Cayo Ensenachos Ai (hotel).

Cayo Cureña: distances

30610 m at 176°: Arroyo de Agua; 30610 m at 176°: Arroyo Prieto Uno; 32650 m at 147°: Kilo 9; 66500 m at 99°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 158110 m at 254°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 31180 m at 84°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 11010 m at 2°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María; 25480 m at 229°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 39240 m at 218°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo Cureña: close by

2420 m at 318°: Cayo Vinagre (cay); 4090 m at 357°: Cayo Punta de Piedra (cay); 5520 m at 165°: Cayo Corúas (cay); 6050 m at 355°: Cayo Guanal (cay); 6280 m at 107°: Cayo La Lisa (cay); 6670 m at 340°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 6800 m at 231°: Cayo Gordo de Mariquimbay (cay); 7280 m at 208°: Archipiélago de Sabana-Camagüey (island group); 7710 m at 321°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 8070 m at 245°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 9190 m at 350°: Cayo Róbalo (cay); 9200 m at 244°: Cayuelo del Concha (cay).

Cayo Cureña: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 attractions, 3 markets & malls, 2 guest houses & hostels, 2 cuban cuisine & lechón, 2 stadiums & sport, 2 theatres & arts, 1 parks & reserves, 1 cigars & tobacco, 1 stores & supermarkets, 1 stations & terminals.

11010 m at 2°: Refugio de Fauna Cayo Santa María (parks & reserves); 11530 m at 359°: Sendero Playa las Gaviotas (attractions); 12110 m at 350°: Playa Las Terrazas (attractions); 12300 m at 338°: Casa de Negocios (guest houses & hostels); 13080 m at 328°: Campanario (attractions); 13080 m at 328°: Criollo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13680 m at 321°: cyruce (stations & terminals); 13730 m at 326°: Punto Náutico (stadiums & sport); 14000 m at 319°: Motelera Cayo Santa María (guest houses & hostels); 14410 m at 321°: Teatro (theatres & arts); 14750 m at 319°: Mirador El Faro (attractions); 14760 m at 319°: Cubano (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayo Cureña: marine life records

5 records of 5 species within 10 km, 2020 to 2023: 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 echinoderms, 1 fish, 1 marine mammals. That is 1.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tringa semipalmata, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Clypeaster rosaceus, 1 (echinoderms); Albula vulpes, 1 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Balaenoptera physalus, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Cureña: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

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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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