Cayo La Piedra de Dios

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: coast and water

790 m at 75°: Punta Piedra Pluma (point); 1200 m at 334°: Bahía de Cabañas (bay); 1260 m at 310°: Punta La Lisa (point); 1550 m at 223°: Ensenada Roja (cove); 1880 m at 325°: Punta La Piedra de Pablo Ruiz (point); 1890 m at 273°: Punta Vianda (point); 1920 m at 321°: Punta Mangle (point); 1970 m at 306°: Punta Africana (point).

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: islands

590 m at 298°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 1200 m at 275°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 2150 m at 62°: Cayo Almeja (island); 2260 m at 17°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 3060 m at 46°: Cayo Blanco (island); 3540 m at 67°: Cayo del Medio (island); 3560 m at 68°: Cayo Puchi (island); 3960 m at 65°: Cayo Rojo (island); 4280 m at 62°: Cayo García (island); 5100 m at 285°: Cayo Negrito (island); 5250 m at 330°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 5250 m at 330°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island).

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: inland

380 m at 89°: Cayo Coro (settlement); 1530 m at 198°: Embalse San Juan de Dios (reservoir); 2560 m at 133°: Embalse La Plata (reservoir); 2910 m at 178°: Rojas (settlement); 3060 m at 2°: Vaquería Número 334 (ranch); 3290 m at 1°: Vaquería Número 335 (ranch).

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: distances

740 m at 223°: Playa La Luisa; 3580 m at 87°: Cabañas; 15740 m at 66°: Playa Boca Ciega; 56140 m at 88°: José Martí International Airport ; 21280 m at 86°: Port of Mariel (port); 48270 m at 74°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 12970 m at 189°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: close by

590 m at 298°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 1210 m at 275°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 2150 m at 62°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 2260 m at 17°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 3060 m at 46°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 3540 m at 67°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 3550 m at 68°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 3620 m at 43°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 3960 m at 65°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 4280 m at 62°: Cayo García (cay); 5080 m at 274°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 5100 m at 285°: Cayo Negrito (cay).

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: on and around

Within 15 km: 10 attractions, 9 guest houses & hostels, 7 coral reefs, 6 mines & quarries, 5 schools, 5 farms & plantations, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 camp sites, 3 factories & works.

3250 m at 90°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 3670 m at 85°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 3690 m at 98°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 5800 m at 40°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 7540 m at 291°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 8640 m at 173°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 8970 m at 190°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 11660 m at 185°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 11860 m at 117°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 11880 m at 230°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 12250 m at 170°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes); 13890 m at 153°: Casa La Estrella (guest houses & hostels); 13900 m at 154°: Villa Duque (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 560 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 99 sponges, 98 seagrass and algae, 76 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 sharks and rays, 20 marine mammals, 2 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 5 (other); Xiphias gladius, 5 (fish); Lecithochirium musculus, 5 (other); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 4 (other); Aponurus laguncula, 4 (other); Apharyngostrigea cornu, 4 (other); Parorchis acanthus, 4 (other); Echinochasmus schwartzi, 4 (other); Calliostoma pulchrum, 3 (molluscs); Renicola glandoloba, 3 (other); Ptilocaulis aulopora, 3 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 3 (corals).

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

Cayo La Piedra de Dios: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo La Piedra de Dios

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 3.4 km away.