Cays & islands · Villa Clara
Cayo Gallina
Cayo Gallina is a cay at 23°01′24″N 80°19′20″W in Villa Clara province.
Cayo Gallina: coast and water
3730 m at 180°: Punta de Chicho (point); 5590 m at 179°: Laguna Tronconera (lagoon); 8300 m at 194°: Punta los Jimaguas (point); 9430 m at 204°: Pasas Las Calderas (channel); 9590 m at 186°: Ensenada Las Calderas (cove); 9720 m at 118°: Laguna Joaquín Pérez (lagoon); 9920 m at 182°: Punta Gorda (point); 11150 m at 67°: Bahía de Filipinas (bay).
Cayo Gallina: islands
4050 m at 159°: Cayo Guajiro (island); 5030 m at 328°: Cayo Picheles (island); 5060 m at 58°: Cayo Partido (island); 5380 m at 298°: Cayo Frío (island); 6980 m at 133°: Cayo Las Picúas (island); 8230 m at 295°: Cayo Redondo (island); 9060 m at 61°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 10440 m at 323°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 10640 m at 307°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 11080 m at 297°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 11680 m at 140°: Cayo Costa Rasa (island); 12470 m at 245°: Cayo Flamencos (island).
Cayo Gallina: inland
10240 m at 187°: Manglar (locality); 11410 m at 178°: Eugenia (locality); 12190 m at 193°: Sitio Las Cañas (locality); 13320 m at 227°: La Panchita (settlement); 13400 m at 208°: Villa Verde (hamlet); 14010 m at 192°: Josefa (locality).
Cayo Gallina: distances
10280 m at 203°: Salinas del Jatal; 16040 m at 138°: Playa de Durán; 16290 m at 252°: Playa La Fe; 70700 m at 147°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 97860 m at 187°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 84230 m at 281°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).
Protected: 28650 m at 140°: Mogotes de Jumagua.
Cayo Gallina: close by
1840 m at 11°: Cayo Coco (cay); 2100 m at 277°: Cayo Cayeras (cay); 2250 m at 242°: Cayo Negro (cay); 3100 m at 211°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (cay); 3120 m at 198°: Cayo La Solapa (cay); 4050 m at 159°: Cayo Guajiro (cay); 4140 m at 137°: Cayo Tío Juan (cay); 4680 m at 234°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 5020 m at 328°: Cayo Picheles (cay); 5060 m at 58°: Cayo Partido (cay); 5380 m at 298°: Cayo Frío (cay); 6320 m at 219°: Cayo Atravesado (cay).
Cayo Gallina: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 salt works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 schools, 1 farms & plantations.
13110 m at 227°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón).
Cayo Gallina: marine life records
22 records of 4 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 20 marine mammals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 7.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 19 (marine mammals); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Onustus longleyi, 1 (molluscs).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 20.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Gallina: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
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.