Cayo Juan Claro

Cayo Juan Claro: coast and water

1500 m at 30°: Punta Gracia (point); 1630 m at 252°: Punta La Morena (point); 4230 m at 245°: Bahía de Puerto Padre (bay); 4260 m at 9°: Punta Desgraciada (point); 4260 m at 9°: La Boca (inlet); 4760 m at 60°: Hacienda las Salinas (estuary); 5170 m at 4°: Punta Mastelero (point); 5760 m at 20°: Punta Tomate (point); 6240 m at 275°: El Esterón (inlet); 6750 m at 353°: Punta Mojacasabe (point); 6850 m at 353°: Punta Guincho (point); 9360 m at 285°: Bahía Escobar (cove); 9430 m at 50°: Punta Uvero (point); 11620 m at 156°: Hacienda Chaparra (estuary); 11910 m at 312°: Punta Piedra (point); 12600 m at 61°: Punta Herradura (point).

Cayo Juan Claro: islands

1910 m at 89°: Cayo Puerco (island); 5630 m at 92°: Cayo Largo (island); 6030 m at 103°: La Sarina (island); 6190 m at 96°: Cayo Totí (island); 7050 m at 349°: Cayo Guincho (island); 13470 m at 310°: Cayo Burro (island).

Cayo Juan Claro: inland

280 m at 184°: Puerto Carúpano (settlement); 3580 m at 10°: Playa Las Bocas (settlement); 3950 m at 2°: El Socucho (settlement); 4590 m at 23°: Playa La Llanita (settlement); 4950 m at 178°: Río Santo Domingo (stream); 6300 m at 198°: Delicias (settlement); 6850 m at 193°: El Rincón (settlement); 7720 m at 100°: Río Zanja (stream); 7790 m at 232°: Izquierdo (locality); 8370 m at 198°: Río Delicias (stream); 8390 m at 230°: Cruces (locality); 8400 m at 228°: Asalto al Polvorín (settlement).

Cayo Juan Claro: distances

5390 m at 154°: Playa Santo Domingo; 5500 m at 169°: Playa Boca de Río; 7420 m at 240°: Puerto Padre; 49050 m at 237°: Hermanos Ameijeiras Airport ; 82660 m at 296°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 155220 m at 154°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 32560 m at 96°: Reserva Ecológica Caletones.

Cayo Juan Claro: close by

1900 m at 89°: Cayo Puerco (cay); 5640 m at 92°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6030 m at 103°: La Sarina (cay); 6190 m at 96°: Cayo Totí (cay); 7050 m at 349°: Cayo Guincho (cay); 13450 m at 310°: Cayo Barro (cay); 13470 m at 310°: Cayo Burro (cay); 15730 m at 292°: Cayo La Iguana (cay).

Cayo Juan Claro: on and around

Within 15 km: 59 guest houses & hostels, 26 schools, 20 salt works, 19 stores & supermarkets, 16 places of worship, 16 garages & car services, 14 government & embassies, 12 factories & works, 12 clinics & polyclinics, 7 pharmacies.

1070 m at 210°: Campamento de pioneros (camp sites); 3590 m at 10°: Villa Juliett (guest houses & hostels); 3710 m at 10°: Casa de Renta (guest houses & hostels); 3740 m at 9°: Casa de Playa Los Bruzones (guest houses & hostels); 3790 m at 8°: Embarque Ferry (stations & terminals); 3850 m at 9°: Paladar El Estafador (cuban cuisine & lechón); 6010 m at 204°: Escultura a Antonio Guiteras Holmes (attractions); 6790 m at 243°: Parque de Los Delfines (urban parks & plazas); 6860 m at 242°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 6870 m at 242°: Parque de la Independencia (urban parks & plazas); 6890 m at 242°: Casa de la Cultura Municipal (theatres & arts); 6890 m at 242°: Estatua de la Libertad (attractions); 6920 m at 242°: Teatro del Pueblo Puerto Padre (theatres & arts).

Cayo Juan Claro: marine life records

56 records of 49 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2021: 53 molluscs, 1 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 fish. That is 17.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Caecidae, 2 (molluscs); Lampanella minima, 2 (molluscs); Truncatella pulchella, 2 (molluscs); Haminoea elegans, 2 (molluscs); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Acanthopleura granulata, 2 (molluscs); Meioceras nitidum, 1 (molluscs); Nerita peloronta, 1 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs); Truncatella, 1 (molluscs); Costoanachis scutulata, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Juan Claro: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Juan Claro

• Navigation: the lighthouse El faro stands about 5.2 km away.