Cays & islands · Cienfuegos
Cayo La Trinchera
Cayo La Trinchera is a cay at 21°39′08″N 81°07′56″W in Cienfuegos province.
Cayo La Trinchera: coast and water
26980 m at 277°: Playa Tortuga (beach); 27010 m at 324°: Cabecería de Cayo Blanco (reef); 35450 m at 264°: Playa Blanca (beach); 41060 m at 312°: Herradura de la Sagua (shoal); 45050 m at 349°: Punta Palmillas (point); 45900 m at 338°: Punta Cayo Blanco (point); 46900 m at 12°: Caleta Buena (cove); 47020 m at 12°: Playa Girón (beach).
Cayo La Trinchera: islands
9680 m at 82°: Cayo Guano del Este (island); 14020 m at 256°: Cayo Inglés (island); 29120 m at 321°: Cayo Blanco (island); 32880 m at 269°: Cayos Los Pájaros (island group); 39620 m at 312°: Cayo Sigua (island); 44900 m at 347°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 44960 m at 343°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 48870 m at 346°: Cayo Borracho (island); 52940 m at 261°: Cayos Los Ballenatos (island group); 56760 m at 331°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 58750 m at 267°: Cayos Peraza (island group); 59790 m at 324°: Cayo El Calvario (island).
Cayo La Trinchera: inland
31640 m at 268°: Los Cocos (hamlet); 38130 m at 262°: playa blanca (hotel); 39290 m at 261°: Cocodrilo (settlement); 40240 m at 262°: Lindamar Hotel (hotel); 42330 m at 265°: Barcelo cayo largo (hotel); 42530 m at 265°: villa soledad (hotel).
Cayo La Trinchera: distances
40060 m at 263°: Cayo Largo del Sur; 44570 m at 261°: Paradise Beach; 47220 m at 12°: Playa Girón; 42940 m at 265°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 90370 m at 52°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 45740 m at 265°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).
Cayo La Trinchera: close by
3140 m at 248°: Cayo Oro (cay); 3150 m at 253°: Cayos de Dios (island group); 4890 m at 245°: Cayo Sal (cay); 5670 m at 112°: Cayo Trabuco (cay); 9420 m at 86°: Cayo Perro (cay); 9670 m at 83°: Cayo Guano (cay); 9670 m at 82°: Cayo Guano del Este (cay); 14030 m at 256°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 17870 m at 337°: Cayo Arenoso (cay).
Cayo La Trinchera: on and around
Within 15 km: 6 coral reefs.
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Cayo La Trinchera: marine life records
183 records of 42 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 97 fish, 85 corals, 1 molluscs. That is 58.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Orbicella annularis, 23 (corals); Porites porites, 12 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 10 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 9 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 8 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Porites astreoides, 7 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 6 (corals); Holacanthus tricolor, 5 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo La Trinchera: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
Getting to Cayo La Trinchera
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Guano del Este stands about 9.6 km away.
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.