Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Garrapón

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

Cayo Garrapón is a cay at 21°50′40″N 77°34′47″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 21.84447, -77.5798521°50′40″N 77°34′47″W

Cayo Garrapón: coast and water

2330 m at 34°: Laguna del Hato (lagoon); 8690 m at 81°: Punta de Piedra (point); 9550 m at 128°: Punta Cabeza de Vaca (point); 10120 m at 161°: Ensenada Columbia (cove); 10210 m at 96°: Estero Negro (estuary); 11640 m at 231°: Ensenada de Magua (cove); 12170 m at 234°: Playa Piloto (beach); 12530 m at 239°: Punta Piloto (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Garrapón
Cayo Garrapón, wider

Cayo Garrapón: islands

7510 m at 60°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (islet); 8600 m at 293°: Cayo Sardina (islet); 9630 m at 293°: Cayo Corúa (islet); 9980 m at 347°: Cayo Ancón (island); 10450 m at 298°: Cayo Iguana (islet); 11180 m at 297°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (islet); 12020 m at 343°: Cayo La Espera (island); 13510 m at 101°: Cayo Ratones (island); 14110 m at 292°: Cayo Largo (S Cayo Romano) (islet); 16990 m at 288°: Cayo Cucubao (island); 26660 m at 334°: Cayo Grillo (island); 27670 m at 330°: Cayo Noy (island).

Cayo Garrapón: inland

7110 m at 197°: Viaró (settlement); 7180 m at 103°: Loma Los Hornos (hill); 10350 m at 202°: Vigil (stream); 10950 m at 164°: Columbia (settlement); 11250 m at 233°: Santa Cruz (settlement); 13350 m at 142°: Realengo Inútil (locality).

Cayo Garrapón: distances

12170 m at 234°: Playa Piloto; 17610 m at 266°: Playa Guanaja; 21580 m at 209°: Sola; 54750 m at 210°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 46520 m at 135°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 138770 m at 307°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 34660 m at 215°: Reserva Ecológica Limones Tuabaquey.

Cayo Garrapón: close by

1240 m at 193°: Cayo Garrafón (cay); 6450 m at 89°: Cayo Guajaba (cay); 7510 m at 60°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (cay); 7600 m at 314°: Cayo Toro (cay); 8290 m at 336°: Cayo La Alegría (cay); 8600 m at 293°: Cayo Sardina (cay); 9620 m at 293°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 9810 m at 359°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 9990 m at 347°: Cayo Ancón (cay); 10450 m at 298°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 11180 m at 297°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (cay); 11470 m at 287°: Cayo Eusebio (cay).

Cayo Garrapón: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 coral reefs, 1 peaks & volcanoes.

5850 m at 116°: Silla de Luis Mae (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Garrapón: marine life records

58 records of 16 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 58 corals. That is 18.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella annularis, 10 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 10 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 8 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 6 (corals); Porites astreoides, 4 (corals); Diploria labyrinthiformis, 2 (corals); Millepora alcicornis, 1 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 1 (corals); Montastraea, 1 (corals); Colpophyllia natans, 1 (corals); Porites furcata, 1 (corals).

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

Cayo Garrapón: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

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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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