Cays & islands · Sancti Spíritus

Cayo La Aguada

Satellite view of Cayo La Aguada, Cuba
Cayo La Aguada (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo La Aguada is a cay at 22°27′38″N 79°19′09″W in Sancti Spíritus province.

GPS 22.46045, -79.3192922°27′38″N 79°19′09″W

Cayo La Aguada: coast and water

6490 m at 259°: Punta Yagüey (point); 6970 m at 42°: Cabezo del Medio (shoal); 9280 m at 150°: Playa Bofill (beach); 9770 m at 18°: Restinga El Masculino (shoal); 10960 m at 112°: Pasa Boca de Salinas (channel); 11080 m at 33°: Canalizo de Juan Simón (channel); 11460 m at 145°: Playa Carbó (beach); 11600 m at 135°: Punta La Coscorrona (point); 12140 m at 58°: Pasa Restinga de los Machos (channel); 12930 m at 128°: Punta El Guajiro (point); 13060 m at 134°: Laguna La Coscorrona (lagoon); 13570 m at 294°: Punta Vizcaíno (point); 14540 m at 334°: Restinga de Guaraná (shoal); 14570 m at 299°: Playa de Caibarién (beach); 14630 m at 300°: Punta del Muerto (point); 14920 m at 49°: Lagunato La Escondida (lagoon).

Wider satellite view around Cayo La Aguada
Cayo La Aguada, wider

Cayo La Aguada: islands

4900 m at 107°: Cayo Lucas (island); 8880 m at 140°: Cayo Los Cayuelos (island); 9260 m at 112°: Cayo Salinas (island); 11870 m at 297°: Cayo Ratones (island); 12690 m at 108°: Cayo Guainabo (island); 14530 m at 112°: Cayo Fábrica (island).

Cayo La Aguada: inland

6470 m at 260°: Yagüey (stream); 6870 m at 192°: Isleta (locality); 7010 m at 164°: La Isabela (locality); 8290 m at 269°: Río Managüimba (stream); 9960 m at 191°: Seibabo (settlement); 10550 m at 244°: La Vega de Yagüey (stream); 10610 m at 169°: Los Mangos (locality); 10780 m at 282°: Río Guaní (stream); 11930 m at 224°: Tasajera (locality); 12240 m at 149°: Carbó (hamlet); 12510 m at 291°: José Sierra (locality); 12680 m at 194°: Morán (locality).

Cayo La Aguada: distances

7670 m at 151°: Playa Bofill; 7870 m at 155°: Playa Júcaro; 11460 m at 145°: Playa de Carbó; 64190 m at 273°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 120350 m at 254°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 68620 m at 78°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 18050 m at 109°: Parque Nacional Caguanes; 22690 m at 162°: Flora y Fauna; 23560 m at 149°: Jobo Rosado.

Cayo La Aguada: close by

4910 m at 107°: Cayo Lucas (cay); 8880 m at 140°: Cayo Los Cayuelos (cay); 9270 m at 112°: Cayo Salinas (cay); 10620 m at 32°: Barco hundido (reef); 11870 m at 297°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 11880 m at 297°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 12690 m at 108°: Cayo Guainabo (cay); 12930 m at 108°: Cayo Guainarao (cay); 14530 m at 112°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 15230 m at 112°: Cayo Cueva (cay); 15320 m at 108°: Cayo Redras (cay); 16180 m at 40°: Cayo Pueblo Viejo (cay).

Cayo La Aguada: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 stores & supermarkets, 4 mines & quarries, 1 sugar mills & refineries, 1 schools, 1 police & fire, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 historic & heritage.

12600 m at 283°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 14790 m at 299°: Casa de alojamiento "La casona" (guest houses & hostels); 14990 m at 151°: Proclama de Narcisa (historic & heritage).

Cayo La Aguada: marine life records

19 records of 13 species within 10 km, 1948 to 2016: 12 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 marine mammals, 2 crustaceans, 1 molluscs. That is 6.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Larus delawarensis, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals); Janicella spinicauda, 1 (crustaceans); Melampus bullaoides, 1 (molluscs); Orcinus orca, 1 (marine mammals); Mergus serrator, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Stenella attenuata, 1 (marine mammals); Sterna sandvicensis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocypode quadrata, 1 (crustaceans); Tringa melanoleuca, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Jun 1, Oct 1; seabirds and shorebirds: Dec 6.

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

Cayo La Aguada: 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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