Cayo La Yana

Cayo La Yana: coast and water

4620 m at 295°: Punta Mosquito (point); 5070 m at 99°: Bahía Obispo (bay); 7330 m at 20°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef); 11880 m at 107°: Canalizo Bachicha (channel); 13600 m at 177°: Laguna La Bola (lagoon); 15880 m at 164°: Laguna Joaquín Pérez (lagoon); 16030 m at 108°: Punta de Piedras (point); 16560 m at 146°: Laguna de Piedra (lagoon).

Cayo La Yana: islands

2830 m at 68°: Cayo Basura (island); 7960 m at 101°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (island); 11270 m at 145°: Los Conucos (island); 12250 m at 211°: Cayo Cayeras (island); 13340 m at 208°: Cayo Negro (island); 13460 m at 251°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 13610 m at 283°: Cayo Blanquizal (island); 13820 m at 238°: Cayo Redondo (island); 13850 m at 186°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 14620 m at 204°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (island); 14650 m at 201°: Cayo La Solapa (island); 15220 m at 248°: Cayo Mosquitico (island).

Cayo La Yana: inland

21610 m at 195°: Manglar (locality); 22470 m at 190°: Eugenia (locality); 22800 m at 185°: Carahatas (settlement); 22980 m at 194°: Majá (locality); 24250 m at 201°: Ferreiro (hamlet); 24540 m at 204°: Mercedita (locality).

Cayo La Yana: distances

21820 m at 202°: Salinas del Jatal; 23490 m at 164°: Playa de Durán; 25250 m at 232°: Playa La Fe; 77860 m at 154°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109070 m at 189°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 87210 m at 273°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 35630 m at 157°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo La Yana: close by

2360 m at 84°: Cayo Quinchos (cay); 2430 m at 125°: Pichado Key (historical) (cay); 2830 m at 68°: Cayo Basura (cay); 3640 m at 190°: Cayo Esperanza (cay); 5020 m at 131°: Cayo Cuaba (cay); 5380 m at 187°: Cayo Alto (cay); 5820 m at 69°: Cayo Verde (cay); 6150 m at 227°: Cayo Espartillo (cay); 7330 m at 20°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef); 7360 m at 150°: Cayo Mahomito (cay); 7840 m at 281°: Cayo Alcatraces (cay); 7960 m at 101°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (cay).

Cayo La Yana: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Cayo La Yana: marine life records

310 records of 54 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2005: 180 fish, 118 corals, 11 marine mammals, 1 molluscs. That is 98.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 30 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 21 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 18 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 18 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 11 (fish); Tursiops truncatus, 11 (marine mammals); Porites astreoides, 10 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 11.

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

Cayo La Yana: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.