Cayo Las Varas

Cayo Las Varas: coast and water

5840 m at 211°: Punta Caguamas (point); 8680 m at 143°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 10280 m at 168°: Punta Macao (point); 10780 m at 74°: Canal de la Sepultura (channel); 14310 m at 100°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 14550 m at 148°: Punta Cabeza del Este (point); 18170 m at 32°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 18420 m at 271°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 19610 m at 327°: Punta Macho (point); 22050 m at 47°: Pasa la Uva (channel); 26160 m at 95°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 26570 m at 135°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 26760 m at 293°: Pasa Felipe (channel); 28030 m at 37°: Punta de las Angosturas (point); 28030 m at 19°: Fondeadero San Francisco (anchorage); 29910 m at 53°: Estero Palizada (estuary).

Cayo Las Varas: islands

2280 m at 143°: Cayo La Yerba (island); 2650 m at 313°: Cayo Los Careyes (island); 4610 m at 47°: Cayo Café (island); 4900 m at 151°: Cayo Alto la Jía (island); 5000 m at 284°: Cayo Juan Yero (island); 5940 m at 184°: Cayo Las Caguamas (island); 6560 m at 39°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 8860 m at 256°: Cayo Camposanto (island); 12110 m at 86°: Cayo Inglés (island); 12220 m at 66°: Cayos la Sepultura (islet); 13370 m at 311°: Cayos Los Chinos (island group); 14440 m at 63°: Cayo Rancho Viejo (island); 15330 m at 268°: Cayo Juan Grín (island); 17120 m at 60°: Cayo Pailita (island); 17270 m at 32°: Cayo La Bombilla (island); 18110 m at 275°: Cayos Peralta (island group); 18750 m at 277°: Cayos Laberinto de las Doce Leguas (island group); 23830 m at 293°: Cayo Galán (island); 23920 m at 276°: Cayo Carabinero (island); 25800 m at 294°: Cayo Felipe (island); 25910 m at 45°: Cayos Angostura (island group); 26150 m at 276°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 26890 m at 296°: Cayo Antoncito (island); 27880 m at 70°: Cayo La Torre (island).

Cayo Las Varas: inland

24950 m at 40°: Sardiñas (locality).

Cayo Las Varas: distances

43240 m at 78°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 45360 m at 80°: Playa Bonita; 74750 m at 21°: Vertientes; 105270 m at 33°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 156850 m at 49°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 206790 m at 307°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Las Varas: close by

1870 m at 247°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 2280 m at 143°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 2380 m at 104°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 2520 m at 54°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 2660 m at 313°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 2860 m at 40°: Cayo Cubero (cay); 4210 m at 131°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 4620 m at 47°: Cayo Café (cay); 4750 m at 10°: Cayo Cubera (cay); 4900 m at 151°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay); 5000 m at 284°: Cayo Juan Yero (cay); 5150 m at 340°: Cayo Atravesado (cay).

Cayo Las Varas: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Las Varas: marine life records

178 records of 40 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2025: 95 fish, 81 corals, 1 sponges, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 56.7 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); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 7 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo Las Varas: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Las Varas

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 15 km away.