Cayo Lechuza

Cayo Lechuza: coast and water

0 m at 0°: Punta Coral (point); 1740 m at 90°: Ensenada Copal (bay); 1740 m at 90°: Punta Copal (point); 2790 m at 303°: Bahía de Levisa (bay); 3460 m at 90°: Punta Boca Río (point); 4200 m at 36°: Punta de la Llama (point); 4630 m at 318°: Punta Gorda (point); 5070 m at 317°: Punta Limón (point).

Cayo Lechuza: islands

470 m at 184°: Cayo Santillana (island); 1860 m at 180°: Cayo Tortuga (island); 1860 m at 0°: Cayo Grande (island); 3900 m at 270°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 3930 m at 298°: Cayo Ratón (island); 3980 m at 339°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 5380 m at 314°: Cayo Limón (island); 7180 m at 285°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island); 7180 m at 285°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 7420 m at 285°: Cayo Madama (islet).

Cayo Lechuza: inland

3460 m at 90°: Río La Marea (stream); 3460 m at 90°: Dos Bahías (locality); 3930 m at 242°: El Purio (locality); 4120 m at 138°: Cabonico Obelisco (settlement); 4390 m at 63°: Estero Caimanes (stream); 4790 m at 135°: Cabonico (settlement).

Cayo Lechuza: distances

4920 m at 242°: Nicaro-Levisa; 5410 m at 137°: Cabonico; 7540 m at 51°: Corinthia Beach; 85330 m at 277°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 29410 m at 302°: Port of Antilla (port); 89430 m at 206°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 18670 m at 154°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 36820 m at 321°: Comité Militar Banes; 39460 m at 231°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.

Cayo Lechuza: close by

460 m at 184°: Cayo Santillana (cay); 1850 m at 180°: Cayo Tortuga (cay); 1850 m at 0°: Cayo Grande (cay); 3900 m at 270°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 3930 m at 298°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 3980 m at 339°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 5200 m at 90°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5380 m at 314°: Cayo Limón (cay); 6520 m at 296°: Isla Makey (cay); 7020 m at 337°: Cayo Saetía (cay); 7180 m at 285°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 7180 m at 285°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay).

Cayo Lechuza: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 8 schools, 7 mines & quarries, 7 coral reefs, 6 police & fire, 5 places of worship, 4 factories & works, 4 stations & terminals, 3 garages & car services, 3 theatres & arts.

4860 m at 271°: Cine (theatres & arts); 5300 m at 282°: Casa Videojuegos EHR (guest houses & hostels); 5390 m at 279°: Casa de alquiler (guest houses & hostels); 5500 m at 283°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 5710 m at 284°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 5730 m at 223°: Chalé (guest houses & hostels); 5770 m at 42°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 5830 m at 228°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage); 5920 m at 227°: Terminal Levisa (stations & terminals); 6000 m at 143°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites); 6330 m at 229°: Batería Grupo Electrógeno Diésel Nicaro - Levisa (mines & quarries); 6590 m at 234°: Base de transporte Levisa (stations & terminals); 6730 m at 236°: Nicaro 110 kV (mines & quarries).

Cayo Lechuza: marine life records

36 records of 25 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2025: 18 fish, 10 molluscs, 2 other, 1 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 echinoderms. That is 11.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Abudefduf saxatilis, 5 (fish); Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Halichoeres bivittatus, 2 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 2 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Acanthurus chirurgus, 2 (fish); Dallocardia muricata, 1 (molluscs); Plagusia depressa, 1 (crustaceans); Tylosurus crocodilus, 1 (fish); Acanthurus tractus, 1 (fish); Stegastes leucostictus, 1 (fish); Pennaria disticha, 1 (corals).

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

Cayo Lechuza: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Lechuza

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 11 km away.