Cayo Las Glorias

Cayo Las Glorias: coast and water

1800 m at 104°: Canal de Bambita (channel); 3860 m at 18°: Punta del Infierno (point); 5280 m at 21°: Ensenada Rincón del Infierno (cove); 6080 m at 231°: Punta de Fernández (point); 6250 m at 287°: Punta La Chiva (point); 8220 m at 118°: Ensenada de Caballero (cove); 8580 m at 228°: Playa de Durán (beach); 8840 m at 111°: Punta Caballero (point).

Cayo Las Glorias: islands

1590 m at 155°: Cayo Punta Rosas (island); 2730 m at 232°: Cayo Pelón (island); 6700 m at 347°: Cayo El Barbero (island); 7220 m at 258°: Cayo El Chivo (island); 8920 m at 47°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 10550 m at 249°: Cayo Corrales (island); 11240 m at 59°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 12370 m at 41°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 13820 m at 38°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island); 13900 m at 11°: Cayos Gandón (island group); 14290 m at 98°: Cayo Mendoza (island); 14760 m at 69°: Cayo Iguana (island).

Cayo Las Glorias: inland

9380 m at 144°: Roldán (locality); 10170 m at 158°: Alcover (locality); 11270 m at 178°: San José (locality); 11360 m at 196°: Macum (hamlet); 11890 m at 142°: San Jorge (locality); 13300 m at 171°: Alto Varela (locality).

Cayo Las Glorias: distances

8580 m at 228°: Playa de Durán; 12960 m at 107°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 14840 m at 102°: Isabela de Sagua; 57160 m at 158°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 95580 m at 198°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 97020 m at 198°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 15930 m at 176°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Las Glorias: close by

1580 m at 155°: Cayo Punta Rosas (cay); 1690 m at 215°: Cayo Veloz (cay); 2510 m at 84°: Cayo Bamba (cay); 2730 m at 232°: Cayo Pelón (cay); 2790 m at 310°: Cayo Cuadrado (cay); 5450 m at 3°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (cay); 5500 m at 333°: Las Picuas (cay); 6480 m at 27°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 6650 m at 294°: Cayo La Chiva (cay); 6650 m at 62°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 6690 m at 347°: Cayo El Barbero (cay); 7220 m at 258°: Cayo El Chivo (cay).

Cayo Las Glorias: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 schools, 1 stations & terminals, 1 historic & heritage.

14710 m at 103°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals); 14880 m at 101°: La Casona (historic & heritage).

Cayo Las Glorias: marine life records

115 records of 40 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2005: 86 fish, 17 marine mammals, 9 crustaceans, 2 sharks and rays, 1 echinoderms. That is 36.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 17 (marine mammals); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 8 (fish); Limia vittata, 6 (fish); Strongylura notata, 6 (fish); Gambusia puncticulata, 6 (fish); Gammaridea, 5 (crustaceans); Ctenogobius boleosoma, 5 (fish); Cyprinodon variegatus, 4 (fish); Erotelis smaragdus, 4 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 4 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 4 (fish); Holocentrus rufus, 2 (fish).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 17.

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

Cayo Las Glorias: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.