Cays & islands · Sancti Spíritus

Cayo Inglés

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

Cayo Inglés is a cay at 21°03′01″N 79°17′02″W in Sancti Spíritus province.

GPS 21.05023, -79.2839921°03′01″N 79°17′02″W

Cayo Inglés: coast and water

3970 m at 118°: Canal Boca Grande (channel); 7280 m at 130°: Punta de Boca Grande (point); 12260 m at 299°: Canalizo Horqueta (channel); 16940 m at 125°: Laguna Boca de Guano (lagoon); 23740 m at 20°: Canal de Cayo Piedra (channel); 24720 m at 27°: Cayo Piedra (reef); 26680 m at 35°: Canal de Piedras (channel); 28340 m at 129°: Punta Fraile (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Inglés
Cayo Inglés, wider

Cayo Inglés: islands

6880 m at 318°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 15940 m at 297°: Cayo Bretón (island); 16250 m at 31°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (island); 29740 m at 57°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 36760 m at 103°: Cayo Cargado (island); 46760 m at 127°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 53350 m at 90°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 53740 m at 2°: Cayos Herradura (island group); 54240 m at 326°: Cayo Zaza de Afuera (island); 54890 m at 125°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 58750 m at 85°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island); 59670 m at 125°: Cayo Piedra Grande (island).

Cayo Inglés: inland

57710 m at 14°: Jatibonico del Sur (stream); 58030 m at 3°: Frajana (locality); 58280 m at 14°: Los Derrames (locality); 58380 m at 14°: Los Derrames del Jatibonico (locality); 58620 m at 10°: El Toro (hamlet); 58790 m at 360°: Rincón de Lugones (locality).

Cayo Inglés: distances

77870 m at 347°: Guasimal; 79100 m at 3°: La Sierpe; 84170 m at 62°: Playa Santa María; 110390 m at 318°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 170990 m at 316°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 107200 m at 317°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Inglés: close by

1280 m at 232°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 1690 m at 228°: Cayo Alcatraz Grande (cay); 2950 m at 256°: Cayo Alcatracito (cay); 5260 m at 278°: Cayo Casimba (cay); 6880 m at 318°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 15940 m at 297°: Cayo Bretón (cay); 16230 m at 31°: Cayo Niara (cay); 16250 m at 31°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (cay); 16890 m at 32°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 20670 m at 125°: Cayo Grande (cay); 24720 m at 27°: Cayo Piedra (reef).

Cayo Inglés: on and around

Within 15 km: 42 coral reefs.

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Cayo Inglés: marine life records

1271 records of 79 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2025: 642 fish, 627 corals, 1 other, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 404.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 121 (corals); Porites astreoides, 94 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 83 (corals); Acropora palmata, 66 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 64 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 62 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 50 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 38 (fish); Scarus iseri, 36 (fish); Porites porites, 36 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 35 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 34 (fish).

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

Cayo Inglés: notes

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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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