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Cayo Levisa

Satellite view of Cayo Levisa, Cuba
Cayo Levisa (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Levisa is a cay at 23°00′46″N 80°23′06″W in Villa Clara province.

GPS 23.01270, -80.3850523°00′46″N 80°23′06″W

Cayo Levisa: coast and water

6730 m at 212°: Ensenada de Sierra Morena (bay); 7890 m at 124°: Laguna Tronconera (lagoon); 8050 m at 169°: Ensenada La Salina (cove); 8110 m at 136°: Punta de Jesús (point); 8200 m at 147°: Punta los Jimaguas (point); 10820 m at 101°: Laguna Las Picúas (lagoon); 11070 m at 254°: Punta Sierra Morena (point); 13200 m at 115°: Ensenada Cuberas (cove).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Levisa
Cayo Levisa, wider

Cayo Levisa: islands

2150 m at 186°: Cayo Chino (island); 4440 m at 88°: Cayo Negro (island); 4530 m at 216°: Cayo Parguete (island); 4750 m at 347°: Cayo Redondo (island); 5720 m at 108°: Cayo La Solapa (island); 6390 m at 229°: Cayo Flamencos (island); 6630 m at 35°: Cayo Picheles (island); 7790 m at 286°: Cayo Negrito (island); 9520 m at 1°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 9910 m at 39°: Cayo Espartillo (island); 11400 m at 70°: Cayo Partido (island); 13730 m at 351°: Cayo Basura (island).

Cayo Levisa: inland

10370 m at 150°: Manglar (locality); 10710 m at 169°: Felicia (locality); 10780 m at 188°: Paz (hamlet); 10800 m at 244°: Tetuán (locality); 10830 m at 246°: Sucesores de Espinosa (locality); 10840 m at 170°: Ferreiro (hamlet).

Cayo Levisa: distances

8650 m at 164°: Salinas del Jatal; 9840 m at 248°: Playa La Fe; 14700 m at 183°: Rancho Veloz; 73510 m at 142°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 96090 m at 183°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 78160 m at 282°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 32360 m at 130°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Levisa: close by

2140 m at 186°: Cayo Chino (cay); 3080 m at 121°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 3280 m at 273°: Cayo Triste (cay); 4060 m at 24°: Cayo Frío (cay); 4080 m at 178°: Cayo Tricornia (cay); 4440 m at 88°: Cayo Negro (cay); 4490 m at 146°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 4530 m at 216°: Cayo Parguete (cay); 4580 m at 72°: Cayo Cayeras (cay); 4750 m at 347°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 5070 m at 107°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (cay); 5720 m at 108°: Cayo La Solapa (cay).

Cayo Levisa: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 schools, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 salt works, 1 camp sites, 1 farms & plantations, 1 fuel stations, 1 stores & supermarkets, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 historic & heritage.

8360 m at 202°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 9980 m at 245°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 14750 m at 183°: Casa de la Cultura (theatres & arts); 14750 m at 183°: Parque Rancho Veloz (urban parks & plazas); 14760 m at 182°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 14770 m at 182°: Terminal de Ómnibus Rancho Veloz (stations & terminals).

Cayo Levisa: marine life records

14 records of 6 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 11 marine mammals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 4.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 9 (marine mammals); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Balaenoptera, 1 (marine mammals); Pluvialis squatarola, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Onustus longleyi, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 10, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Levisa: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

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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.

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