Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo La Alegría

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

Cayo La Alegría is a cay at 21°54′46″N 77°36′44″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 21.91264, -77.6123221°54′46″N 77°36′44″W

Cayo La Alegría: coast and water

7870 m at 357°: Ensenada de Cordera (bay); 12020 m at 224°: Bahía de la Gloria (bay); 14440 m at 175°: Punta Viaró (point); 14770 m at 349°: Playa el Muerto Cayo Romano (beach); 15770 m at 192°: Punta Tres Palmas (point); 15930 m at 168°: Punta Rincón Grande (point); 16070 m at 204°: Playa Piloto (beach); 17110 m at 250°: Punta Gorda (point).

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

Cayo La Alegría: islands

3820 m at 54°: Cayo Montañés (island); 6180 m at 227°: Cayo Sardina (islet); 6720 m at 235°: Cayo Corúa (islet); 10050 m at 256°: Cayo Largo (S Cayo Romano) (islet); 13080 m at 259°: Cayo Cucubao (island); 13970 m at 283°: Jibaro (island group); 16170 m at 307°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet); 18390 m at 333°: Cayo Grillo (island); 21450 m at 326°: Cayo Madera (island); 24140 m at 135°: Cayo Revolcado (islet); 24300 m at 322°: Cayo Punta La Cera (island); 24520 m at 327°: Cayo Policarpio (island).

Cayo La Alegría: inland

8850 m at 139°: Cayo Guajaba Hato Loma (hill); 10570 m at 355°: Punta Mangle (settlement); 14440 m at 175°: Viaró (settlement); 16050 m at 206°: Puerto Piloto (settlement); 17200 m at 182°: Vigil (stream); 17220 m at 214°: Arroyo Aguas Verdes (stream).

Cayo La Alegría: distances

16070 m at 204°: Playa Piloto; 16720 m at 238°: Playa Guanaja; 25800 m at 219°: Sierra de Cubitas; 59960 m at 204°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 54320 m at 138°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 131630 m at 305°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 39600 m at 205°: Reserva Ecológica Limones Tuabaquey.

Cayo La Alegría: close by

2380 m at 26°: Cayo Ancón (cay); 3080 m at 223°: Cayo Toro (cay); 3820 m at 54°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 3920 m at 357°: Cayo La Espera (cay); 4180 m at 313°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (cay); 5260 m at 7°: Cayo Anconcito (cay); 5340 m at 327°: Cayo Las Casimbas (cay); 6180 m at 227°: Cayo Sardina (cay); 6390 m at 246°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 6720 m at 235°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 7020 m at 250°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (cay); 8290 m at 156°: Cayo Garrapón (cay).

Cayo La Alegría: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 coral reefs, 2 peaks & volcanoes.

13290 m at 139°: Silla de Luis Mae (peaks & volcanoes); 13810 m at 344°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo La Alegría: marine life records

58 records of 16 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 58 corals. That is 18.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella annularis, 10 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 10 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 8 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 6 (corals); Porites astreoides, 4 (corals); Diploria labyrinthiformis, 2 (corals); Millepora alcicornis, 1 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 1 (corals); Montastraea, 1 (corals); Colpophyllia natans, 1 (corals); Porites furcata, 1 (corals).

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

Cayo La Alegría: 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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