Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Guajaba

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

Cayo Guajaba is a cay at 21°50′44″N 77°31′02″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 21.84552, -77.5173221°50′44″N 77°31′02″W

Cayo Guajaba: coast and water

3900 m at 108°: Estero Negro (estuary); 5470 m at 289°: Laguna del Hato (lagoon); 8630 m at 115°: Punta Cruz (point); 9490 m at 253°: Punta Róbalo (point); 10230 m at 198°: Ensenada Columbia (cove); 11350 m at 305°: Pasa Guajaba (channel); 14460 m at 121°: Ensenada Honda (cove); 15930 m at 121°: Desembocadura Uvero (estuary).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Guajaba
Cayo Guajaba, wider

Cayo Guajaba: islands

9930 m at 136°: Cayo Loguera (island); 11770 m at 325°: Cayo Montañés (island); 12980 m at 294°: Cayo Toro (island); 15140 m at 319°: Cayo La Espera (island); 15190 m at 144°: Cayo Sifonte (island); 15750 m at 283°: Cayo Corúa (islet); 17440 m at 313°: Cayo Las Casimbas (island); 17720 m at 280°: Cayo Eusebio (island); 18980 m at 146°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 20220 m at 285°: Cayo Largo (S Cayo Romano) (islet); 23190 m at 282°: Cayo Cucubao (island); 28490 m at 307°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet).

Cayo Guajaba: inland

4130 m at 198°: Los Hornos (settlement); 7980 m at 333°: La Bodega (hamlet); 10990 m at 231°: Viaró (settlement); 11140 m at 198°: Columbia (settlement); 12590 m at 188°: Laguna de Guano (locality); 17000 m at 162°: Playazo San Felipe (locality).

Cayo Guajaba: distances

17860 m at 246°: Playa Piloto; 24050 m at 267°: Playa Guanaja; 25420 m at 222°: Sola; 58380 m at 216°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 42270 m at 141°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 143940 m at 305°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 38800 m at 223°: Reserva Ecológica Limones Tuabaquey.

Cayo Guajaba: close by

3620 m at 1°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (cay); 6450 m at 269°: Cayo Garrapón (cay); 6860 m at 259°: Cayo Garrafón (cay); 7350 m at 113°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 9800 m at 135°: Cayo Guao (cay); 9930 m at 136°: Cayo Loguera (cay); 11770 m at 325°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 11870 m at 141°: Cayo Badia (cay); 12050 m at 143°: Cayo Revolcado (cay); 12320 m at 307°: Cayo La Alegría (cay); 12980 m at 294°: Cayo Toro (cay); 12990 m at 318°: Cayo Ancón (cay).

Cayo Guajaba: on and around

Within 15 km: 13 coral reefs, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 police & fire.

2890 m at 204°: Silla de Luis Mae (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Guajaba: marine life records

298 records of 49 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 164 fish, 134 corals. That is 94.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 25 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 20 (corals); Millepora complanata, 17 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 15 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 14 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 14 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 12 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Cephalopholis fulva, 10 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals).

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

Cayo Guajaba: 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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