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Cayo Diego Pérez

Satellite view of Cayo Diego Pérez, Cuba
Cayo Diego Pérez (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Diego Pérez is a cay at 22°03′42″N 81°33′45″W in Mayabeque province.

GPS 22.06177, -81.5625322°03′42″N 81°33′45″W

Cayo Diego Pérez: coast and water

8900 m at 13°: Ensenada de Cazones (bay); 14560 m at 33°: Punta de Macurije (point); 22500 m at 196°: Banco de Los Jardines (shoal); 26380 m at 296°: Pasa Balandras (channel); 31250 m at 76°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon); 35930 m at 92°: Punta Palmillas (point); 37600 m at 78°: Punta Las Navajas (point); 37670 m at 76°: Playa Los Cocos (beach).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Diego Pérez
Cayo Diego Pérez, wider

Cayo Diego Pérez: islands

10090 m at 265°: Cayo Bonito (island); 10640 m at 332°: Cayo del Masío (island); 11980 m at 297°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group); 13920 m at 45°: Cayo Cobo (island); 17050 m at 101°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (island); 26780 m at 97°: Cayo Blanco (island); 32510 m at 87°: Cayo Borracho (island); 33260 m at 77°: Cayo Mogote (island); 34390 m at 93°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 46710 m at 290°: Cayo Las Yanas (island); 46770 m at 293°: Cayo Quimbombó (island); 48240 m at 291°: Cayos Gordas (island group).

Cayo Diego Pérez: inland

31300 m at 51°: San Lázaro (locality); 33090 m at 51°: Lobato (locality); 36140 m at 8°: Casa Nueva (locality); 37250 m at 8°: Felipina (locality); 37810 m at 354°: Casa Vieja (locality); 37820 m at 12°: Palito Blanco (locality).

Cayo Diego Pérez: distances

37670 m at 76°: Playa Los Cocos; 43300 m at 55°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 44940 m at 57°: Playa Larga; 49540 m at 178°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 109890 m at 360°: Port of Matanzas (port); 49690 m at 181°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 16370 m at 333°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo Diego Pérez: close by

3760 m at 206°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 8760 m at 24°: Banco de Cazones (reef); 9080 m at 318°: Cayo del Macío (cay); 9720 m at 73°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 10090 m at 265°: Cayo Bonito (cay); 10640 m at 332°: Cayo del Masío (cay); 11980 m at 297°: Cayería de Diego Pérez (island group); 12680 m at 51°: Cayo Cancamán (cay); 13920 m at 45°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 15390 m at 242°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 17050 m at 101°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 17650 m at 76°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay).

Cayo Diego Pérez: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs, 2 attractions, 1 historic & heritage.

7240 m at 314°: Playa tipo whitsundayd (attractions); 7410 m at 315°: Playa tipo wbitsundays (attractions); 11430 m at 88°: Ernst-Thälmann-Büste (historic & heritage).

Cayo Diego Pérez: marine life records

2115 records of 81 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2010: 1078 fish, 1033 corals, 2 marine mammals, 1 crustaceans, 1 echinoderms. That is 673.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 159 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 132 (corals); Scarus iseri, 109 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 109 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 104 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 100 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 97 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 85 (fish); Porites astreoides, 85 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 74 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 66 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 65 (corals).

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

Cayo Diego Pérez: 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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