Cayo La Gloria

Cayo La Gloria: coast and water

11640 m at 224°: Playa Máquina (beach); 11760 m at 319°: Laguna Salchicha (marsh); 11900 m at 225°: Punta Potrero (point); 13690 m at 235°: Caleta Ventura (cove); 14060 m at 203°: Punta Avalo (point); 14540 m at 198°: Caletón Avalo (cove); 14790 m at 68°: Hacienda Hanábana (estuary).

Cayo La Gloria: islands

2120 m at 274°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group).

Cayo La Gloria: inland

5140 m at 90°: Santa Fe (locality); 6860 m at 270°: Quintela (locality); 7570 m at 43°: Sinu (locality); 7790 m at 62°: Las Brujas (locality); 7800 m at 242°: Santa Teresa (hamlet); 8570 m at 270°: Veneros (locality); 8870 m at 329°: Batey Horizontes Don Pedro (hotel); 9200 m at 253°: Pálpite (settlement); 9420 m at 191°: Los Sábalos (hamlet); 10210 m at 57°: Murga (locality); 10270 m at 32°: Arroyo Las Piedras (stream); 10280 m at 270°: Jucaral (locality).

Cayo La Gloria: distances

11640 m at 224°: Playa Máquina; 12330 m at 13°: Murga Sinu; 12490 m at 232°: Playa Larga; 74000 m at 107°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 71470 m at 108°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 70660 m at 109°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 9280 m at 332°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar); 27210 m at 149°: Refugio de Faunas.

Cayo La Gloria: close by

630 m at 190°: Isla 5 (cay); 670 m at 182°: Isla 7 (cay); 670 m at 197°: Isla 6 (cay); 700 m at 190°: Isla 4 (cay); 730 m at 168°: Isla 8 (cay); 780 m at 192°: Isla 1 (cay); 790 m at 178°: Isla 3 (cay); 790 m at 184°: Isla 2 (cay); 2120 m at 274°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group); 8110 m at 264°: Criadero de Cocodrilos (fishing); 11630 m at 215°: Playa Larga (Zapata) (fishing); 13020 m at 233°: Octopus Club (reef).

Cayo La Gloria: on and around

Within 15 km: 155 guest houses & hostels, 10 attractions, 7 stores & supermarkets, 2 universities & colleges, 2 camp sites, 2 banks & exchange, 2 clinics & polyclinics, 2 government & embassies, 2 pharmacies, 1 theatres & arts.

570 m at 208°: Esculturas Aborígenes (attractions); 570 m at 206°: Show aborigen (theatres & arts); 680 m at 203°: Mirador (attractions); 1020 m at 268°: Laguna de tessoro (attractions); 6830 m at 285°: Ferry Station (marinas); 6990 m at 287°: Criadero de Cocodrillos (attractions); 7070 m at 287°: Taller de taxidermia (attractions); 8980 m at 253°: Casa del Zunzún (attractions); 9280 m at 332°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar) (parks & reserves); 10630 m at 225°: Casa Lucie Playa Larga (guest houses & hostels); 10820 m at 98°: San Francisco (attractions); 11670 m at 226°: Los Trailers de Playa Máquina (guest houses & hostels); 12280 m at 233°: Casa Margarita (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo La Gloria: marine life records

107 records of 32 species within 10 km, 1980 to 2025: 82 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 crustaceans, 6 seagrass and algae, 4 fish, 2 corals, 1 other, 1 echinoderms, 1 sharks and rays, 1 sponges. That is 34.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Charadrius vociferus, 32 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pandion haliaetus, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Megaceryle alcyon, 10 (seabirds and shorebirds); Coenobita clypeatus, 4 (crustaceans); Egretta tricolor, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 2 (seagrass and algae); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Podilymbus podiceps, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 2 (crustaceans); Eucinostomus melanopterus, 1 (fish); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Feb 29, Mar 5, May 3, Jun 1, Jul 2, Aug 3, Sep 3, Oct 1, Dec 6.

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

Cayo La Gloria: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.