Cays & islands · Pinar del Río

Cayo Fábrica

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

Cayo Fábrica is a cay at 22°52′59″N 83°24′00″W in Pinar del Río province.

GPS 22.88333, -83.4000022°53′00″N 83°24′00″W

Cayo Fábrica: coast and water

1850 m at 180°: Playa Luchana (beach); 2330 m at 71°: Punta de Afuera (point); 2520 m at 137°: Ensenada del Medio (cove); 7540 m at 280°: Punta Alacranes (point); 9060 m at 1°: Pasa de la Mulata (channel); 10180 m at 303°: Pasa Alacranes (channel); 11300 m at 49°: Playa Morrillo (beach); 12520 m at 253°: Estero Puercos (inlet).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Fábrica
Cayo Fábrica, wider

Cayo Fábrica: islands

3010 m at 330°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Ratón (island); 5040 m at 317°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 5040 m at 43°: Cayo Blanco (island); 5760 m at 324°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 6500 m at 289°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 6570 m at 49°: Cayo Morrillo (island); 12370 m at 261°: Cayo Dios (island); 12970 m at 270°: Cayo Levisa (island).

Cayo Fábrica: inland

1850 m at 180°: La Unión (hamlet); 2520 m at 223°: Peñalver (locality); 3410 m at 90°: Santa Rosa de la Vega (locality); 3440 m at 148°: La Mulata (settlement); 3600 m at 216°: Las Cadenas (settlement); 4080 m at 155°: Luchana (locality).

Cayo Fábrica: distances

1710 m at 270°: Playa Real; 1850 m at 180°: Playa Luchana; 7080 m at 255°: Playa de Palma Rubia; 102150 m at 83°: José Martí International Airport ; 67610 m at 80°: Port of Mariel (port); 94730 m at 76°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 16940 m at 181°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Fábrica: close by

3020 m at 330°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5040 m at 317°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 5040 m at 43°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 5760 m at 324°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 6510 m at 289°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 6570 m at 49°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 10640 m at 54°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 12210 m at 51°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 12370 m at 261°: Cayo Dios (cay); 12720 m at 270°: Club de Buceo (reef); 12970 m at 270°: Cayo Levisa (cay).

Cayo Fábrica: on and around

Within 15 km: 12 guest houses & hostels, 6 peaks & volcanoes, 4 coral reefs, 3 historic & heritage, 2 stations & terminals, 2 schools, 1 trails & viewpoints, 1 universities & colleges, 1 camp sites, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

2990 m at 135°: Villa Don Jose Otaño y Maria (guest houses & hostels); 7010 m at 249°: Osmani y Yeivi (guest houses & hostels); 7060 m at 250°: Villa Mario y Antonia (guest houses & hostels); 7190 m at 255°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 10300 m at 164°: Monumento a los Mártires (historic & heritage); 10780 m at 160°: Sendero a la cima del Pan de Guajaibón (trails & viewpoints); 10790 m at 98°: Mounmento a la Batalla de Cacarajícara (historic & heritage); 10980 m at 222°: Meseta de Cajálbana (peaks & volcanoes); 11160 m at 163°: Pan de Guajaibón (peaks & volcanoes); 12200 m at 51°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage); 12720 m at 147°: Sierra Chiquita (peaks & volcanoes); 13880 m at 53°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 13990 m at 221°: Sierra Peluda (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Fábrica: marine life records

4 records of 3 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2017: 2 seagrass and algae, 1 molluscs, 1 marine mammals. That is 1.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Conocarpus erectus, 2 (seagrass and algae); Pyrgostylus striatulus, 1 (molluscs); Mesoplodon europaeus, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Fábrica: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

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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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