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Cayo El Norte

Satellite view of Cayo El Norte, Cuba
Cayo El Norte (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo El Norte is a cay at 20°32′37″N 77°01′35″W in Granma province.

GPS 20.54361, -77.0263920°32′37″N 77°01′35″W

Cayo El Norte: coast and water

990 m at 259°: Laguna Las Playas (lagoon); 4260 m at 280°: Lagunas Barbacoas (lagoon); 5320 m at 359°: Laguna Pontezuelo (lagoon); 6550 m at 277°: Laguna Carena (lagoon); 7290 m at 269°: Punta los Remolinos (point); 9560 m at 291°: Laguna Júcaro (lagoon); 9870 m at 252°: Punta Carenas (point); 10000 m at 249°: Punta Los Lirios (point); 10410 m at 215°: Bahía Diego (cove); 10580 m at 243°: Punta Monte Gordo (point); 11150 m at 274°: Ciénaga de Carenas (marsh); 12550 m at 340°: Hacienda La Torre (estuary); 12750 m at 302°: Ciénaga de Cauto Norte (marsh); 13100 m at 214°: Ensenada Maboa (bay); 13640 m at 347°: Embalse Leonero (lagoon); 14580 m at 285°: Laguna Las Nueces (lagoon).

Wider satellite view around Cayo El Norte
Cayo El Norte, wider

Cayo El Norte: islands

2300 m at 334°: Cayo Juan Viejo (islet); 3600 m at 264°: Cayos Las Guasas (island group); 4480 m at 281°: Cayo del Medio (islet).

Cayo El Norte: inland

4780 m at 189°: Doce y Medio de Ove (locality); 5820 m at 68°: El Bejuco (settlement); 6090 m at 316°: Angostura (hamlet); 6090 m at 316°: Brazo de Juan Guerra (stream); 6610 m at 137°: Alto la Gloria (locality); 6720 m at 68°: La Vega (locality); 6780 m at 171°: Guayabal (locality); 7140 m at 200°: Alto del Pilón (locality); 7180 m at 335°: Cabezada (settlement); 7970 m at 139°: Río Guajacabo (stream); 8860 m at 65°: El Seis de la Playa (settlement); 9190 m at 207°: Río Buey (stream).

Cayo El Norte: distances

10720 m at 41°: Guamo Embarcadero; 11580 m at 79°: Río Cauto; 13180 m at 87°: Fernando Echenique; 29060 m at 193°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 114500 m at 348°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 135300 m at 118°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 15090 m at 276°: Refugio de Fauna Delta del Cauto.

Cayo El Norte: close by

2300 m at 334°: Cayo Juan Viejo (cay); 3600 m at 265°: Cayos Las Guasas (island group); 4480 m at 281°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 23370 m at 218°: Cayo Grande (cay); 23510 m at 213°: Cayita (cay); 24280 m at 216°: Cayo Carenero (cay); 24470 m at 216°: Cayo Sabana (cay).

Cayo El Norte: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 stations & terminals, 2 schools, 1 post offices, 1 places of worship, 1 sugar mills & refineries, 1 banks & exchange, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 factories & works.

10570 m at 41°: Guamo (stations & terminals); 11740 m at 82°: Río Cauto (stations & terminals); 12830 m at 83°: Casa capote (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo El Norte: marine life records

3 records of 3 species within 10 km, 1912 to 1912: 3 molluscs. That is 1.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Meioceras nitidum, 1 (molluscs); Saccella acuta, 1 (molluscs); Bittiolum varium, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo El Norte: 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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