Cays & islands · Granma
Cayo Damas
Cayo Damas is a cay at 19°57′52″N 76°23′10″W in Granma province.
Cayo Damas: coast and water
2710 m at 274°: Boca de Caraballo (bay); 3350 m at 106°: Punta Tabacal (point); 7250 m at 88°: Punta Amarillas (point); 7790 m at 82°: Bahía de Quiebra Seca (cove); 9230 m at 77°: Bahía Larga (cove); 9740 m at 76°: Bahía del Mazo (cove); 13900 m at 263°: Punta Bayamita (point).
Cayo Damas: inland
2040 m at 83°: Río María Antonia (stream); 2640 m at 293°: Brisas Los Galeones All Inclusive (hotel); 2690 m at 293°: Chivirico (settlement); 3440 m at 96°: Playa Blanca (settlement); 4270 m at 27°: El Ají (settlement); 5050 m at 49°: El Madrugón (settlement); 5520 m at 83°: Río Sevilla (stream); 5900 m at 69°: Santiago (locality); 6420 m at 301°: Sonador (settlement); 6770 m at 86°: Hotel Brisas Los Galeones (hotel); 6770 m at 86°: Hotel Brisas Sierra Mar (hotel); 6770 m at 85°: Brisas Sierra Mar All Inclusive (hotel).
Cayo Damas: distances
2800 m at 297°: Guamá; 21390 m at 265°: Uvero; 23860 m at 15°: Tercer Frente; 53940 m at 333°: Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Airport ; 53940 m at 89°: Port of Santiago de Cuba (port); 53120 m at 88°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 28900 m at 289°: Parque Nacional Pico La Bayamesa.
Cayo Damas: on and around
Within 15 km: 8 coral reefs, 6 schools, 5 stores & supermarkets, 4 guest houses & hostels, 3 government & embassies, 3 banks & exchange, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 2 places of worship, 2 stations & terminals, 2 factories & works.
2100 m at 281°: Vista del Mar (guest houses & hostels); 2250 m at 285°: Parque de Chivirico (urban parks & plazas); 2270 m at 287°: Galería Guillermo Collazo (attractions); 2290 m at 290°: Hostal Villa el Paraíso (guest houses & hostels); 2520 m at 286°: Cinema Guamá (theatres & arts); 2770 m at 290°: Casa Mango (guest houses & hostels); 2830 m at 298°: Terminal de Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 10450 m at 80°: Sende a Cueva de los Murcielagos (trails & viewpoints); 12180 m at 265°: Bayamita (stations & terminals).
Cayo Damas: marine life records
170 records of 67 species within 10 km, 1902 to 2023: 106 sponges, 30 corals, 24 molluscs, 5 other, 2 marine mammals, 2 fish, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 54.1 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 35 (sponges); Plumapathes, 11 (corals); Xestospongia, 11 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 7 (sponges); Plexauridae, 7 (corals); Petrosiidae, 6 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 5 (sponges); Verongiida, 4 (sponges); Spirastrella, 4 (sponges); Antipatharia, 3 (corals); Coelocarteria bartschi, 3 (sponges); Cinachyrella alloclada, 3 (sponges).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Damas: notes
Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.
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.