Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Juan Suárez

Satellite view of Cayo Juan Suárez, Cuba
Cayo Juan Suárez (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Juan Suárez is a cay at 20°32′50″N 78°01′39″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 20.54710, -78.0273820°32′50″N 78°01′39″W

Cayo Juan Suárez: coast and water

5550 m at 241°: Canal Uvero (channel); 6930 m at 113°: Banco Mosquito (shoal); 9420 m at 21°: Punta Saliente (point); 10820 m at 360°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel); 11680 m at 304°: Canal Pasa Ancha (channel); 13030 m at 326°: Canal Pasa Honda (channel); 14750 m at 296°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 15460 m at 91°: Canal de Culebra (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Juan Suárez
Cayo Juan Suárez, wider

Cayo Juan Suárez: islands

2650 m at 68°: Cayo Médano (island); 5330 m at 190°: Cayo Cupey (island); 7440 m at 153°: Cayo Mosquito Grande (island); 7800 m at 284°: Cayo Almácigo (island); 9920 m at 295°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 10230 m at 263°: Cayos Levisa (island group); 10400 m at 150°: Cayo Cuatro Reales (island); 10530 m at 10°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 11070 m at 187°: Cayo Carapacho (island); 11660 m at 248°: Cayo Pescador (island); 12520 m at 40°: Cayos de Sevilla (island group); 13780 m at 328°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group).

Cayo Juan Suárez: inland

17010 m at 358°: Arroyo Pinipiniche (stream); 17370 m at 11°: La Calzada (hamlet); 18860 m at 23°: Najasa (stream); 21210 m at 12°: Santa Clara (hamlet); 23370 m at 9°: Cambute (settlement); 23430 m at 16°: La Esperanza (locality).

Cayo Juan Suárez: distances

17980 m at 17°: Playa Bonita; 18560 m at 9°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 47110 m at 70°: Guayabal; 98820 m at 11°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 137030 m at 35°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 232970 m at 105°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Cayo Juan Suárez: close by

2650 m at 68°: Cayo Médano (cay); 3870 m at 29°: Cayo Yana (cay); 4580 m at 222°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 5310 m at 230°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (cay); 5340 m at 190°: Cayo Cupey (cay); 6400 m at 220°: Cayo Uvero (cay); 6480 m at 0°: Cayos de Mordazos (cay); 6520 m at 13°: Cayos de Mordazo (island group); 6560 m at 178°: Cayo Paiva (cay); 6980 m at 259°: Cayo Yana (cay); 7400 m at 174°: Cayo Playas Grandes (cay); 7450 m at 153°: Cayo Mosquito Grande (cay).

Cayo Juan Suárez: marine life records

236 records of 32 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 140 corals, 96 fish. That is 75.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 79 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 16 (fish); Porites porites, 13 (corals); Porites astreoides, 11 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 8 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 7 (fish); Acropora palmata, 7 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 6 (fish).

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

Cayo Juan Suárez: 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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