Cays & islands · Camagüey
Cayo Las Caguamas
Cayo Las Caguamas is a cay at 20°34′30″N 78°24′30″W in Camagüey province.
Cayo Las Caguamas: coast and water
4260 m at 291°: Punta Rosales (point); 4810 m at 322°: Canalizo Mexicana (channel); 4850 m at 148°: Punta Macao (point); 5520 m at 121°: Laguna La Caguama (lagoon); 5740 m at 100°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 10360 m at 128°: Punta Cabeza del Este (point); 14940 m at 76°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 15380 m at 142°: Canal de Cabeza del Este (channel); 18460 m at 297°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 19020 m at 84°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 22160 m at 85°: Canal de Botijuela (channel); 23080 m at 124°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 24610 m at 335°: Punta Macho (point); 26680 m at 83°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 26730 m at 38°: Pasa la Uva (channel); 29250 m at 304°: Pasa Felipe (channel).
Cayo Las Caguamas: islands
3200 m at 59°: Cayo Alto la Jía (island); 5950 m at 4°: Cayo Las Varas (island); 6000 m at 27°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (island); 6050 m at 297°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group); 7820 m at 18°: Cayo Los Hoyos (island); 7900 m at 349°: Cayo Los Careyes (island); 10840 m at 353°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 11650 m at 335°: Cayo Cedro (island); 11950 m at 0°: Cayo Jocú (island); 15980 m at 320°: Cayo La Bola (island); 17000 m at 354°: Cayo Cotorro (island); 17590 m at 326°: Cayos Los Chinos (island group); 18450 m at 9°: Cayos Catauro (island group); 20020 m at 295°: Cayos Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (island group); 20880 m at 335°: Cayo Punta de Macho (island); 21020 m at 46°: Cayo Pailita (island); 22130 m at 48°: Cayo Caoba (island); 23060 m at 335°: Cayo Punta Macho (island); 24840 m at 290°: Cayo Carabinero (island); 25490 m at 40°: Cayos Pingües (island group); 26320 m at 287°: Laberinto de Las Doce Leguas (island group); 28370 m at 305°: Cayo Felipe (island); 29010 m at 288°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 29680 m at 307°: Cayo Antoncito (island).
Cayo Las Caguamas: inland
29960 m at 33°: Sardiñas (locality).
Cayo Las Caguamas: distances
45280 m at 70°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 47180 m at 73°: Playa Bonita; 80460 m at 20°: Vertientes; 110500 m at 32°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 161100 m at 48°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 210140 m at 309°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Cayo Las Caguamas: close by
3200 m at 59°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay); 4490 m at 23°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 4770 m at 49°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 5380 m at 346°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 5950 m at 4°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 6000 m at 27°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 6050 m at 297°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group); 7490 m at 109°: Cayo Cabeza del Este (cay); 7820 m at 18°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 7910 m at 349°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 8420 m at 328°: Cayo Juan Yero (cay); 8430 m at 15°: Cayo Cubero (cay).
Cayo Las Caguamas: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.
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Cayo Las Caguamas: marine life records
180 records of 41 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2025: 96 fish, 81 corals, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 turtles. That is 57.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Porites porites, 17 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 15 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 10 (corals); Scarus iseri, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Porites astreoides, 9 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 8 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 7 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Las Caguamas: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
Getting to Cayo Las Caguamas
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 10 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.