Cayo Las Cruces

Cayo Las Cruces: coast and water

15520 m at 271°: Punta Las Crucecitas (point); 22400 m at 125°: Punta Rosales (point); 23150 m at 286°: Punta de Pilotos (point); 23890 m at 124°: Punta Caguamas (point); 31210 m at 294°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 31920 m at 119°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 32080 m at 122°: Laguna La Caguama (lagoon); 33190 m at 319°: Mégano de Bergantines (shoal).

Cayo Las Cruces: islands

3360 m at 64°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 3800 m at 340°: Cayo Antoncito (island); 5070 m at 81°: Cayo Yuraguana (island); 5320 m at 52°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 6490 m at 194°: Cayo Bartolo (island); 7120 m at 91°: Cayo Peralta (island); 7220 m at 98°: Cayo La Poza (island); 7280 m at 145°: Cayos Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (island group); 9060 m at 335°: Cayo Gordo (island); 12290 m at 100°: Cayo La Bola (island); 13920 m at 359°: Cayo Chocolate (island); 17640 m at 126°: Cayo Camposanto (island).

Cayo Las Cruces: inland

43290 m at 27°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 43660 m at 63°: Arroyo Naranjo (stream); 43860 m at 37°: Batista (locality); 44540 m at 46°: La Palmita (locality); 46050 m at 41°: La Yayita (locality); 46060 m at 62°: Sabanilla (locality).

Cayo Las Cruces: distances

65000 m at 89°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 67390 m at 90°: Playa Bonita; 78570 m at 4°: Playa Santa María; 113220 m at 45°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 169870 m at 56°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 183760 m at 310°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 36400 m at 311°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Las Cruces: close by

1350 m at 40°: Cayo Galán (cay); 2140 m at 336°: Cayo Felipe (cay); 3230 m at 326°: Cayo Yuraguama (cay); 3370 m at 64°: Cayo Tarantín (cay); 3800 m at 340°: Cayo Antoncito (cay); 5070 m at 81°: Cayo Yuraguana (cay); 5320 m at 52°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (cay); 5660 m at 292°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 6050 m at 190°: Cayo Carabinero (cay); 6410 m at 340°: Cayo Antón (cay); 6480 m at 255°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (cay); 6490 m at 194°: Cayo Bartolo (cay).

Cayo Las Cruces: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Las Cruces: marine life records

592 records of 61 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 317 fish, 275 corals. That is 188.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 60 (corals); Porites astreoides, 44 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 28 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 27 (corals); Scarus iseri, 25 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 25 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 23 (corals); Porites porites, 20 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 20 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 19 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 18 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 16 (fish).

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

Cayo Las Cruces: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Las Cruces

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 13 km away.