Cayo Los Quitasoles

Cayo Los Quitasoles: coast and water

3940 m at 10°: Punta de Piedra (point); 5720 m at 253°: Pasa de Tumba la Olla (channel); 7500 m at 80°: Boca Chica (channel); 8330 m at 301°: Boca de Cañate (channel); 8620 m at 216°: Punta Uvero (point); 9020 m at 190°: Ensenada Mar Nueva (cove); 9950 m at 197°: Playa Piñón (beach); 10670 m at 131°: Punta Tabaco (point).

Cayo Los Quitasoles: islands

5080 m at 267°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 5440 m at 103°: Cayo Monte Seco (island); 6380 m at 257°: Cayo Chubasco (island); 7270 m at 244°: Cayos de la Enfermería (island group); 7640 m at 145°: Cayo Vaca (island); 8670 m at 52°: Cayuelos de Jutías (island group); 8860 m at 86°: Cayo Lanzanillo (island); 11930 m at 92°: Cayos Careneros (island group); 12940 m at 83°: Cayo La Vela (island); 15790 m at 290°: Cayo Levisa (island); 16620 m at 306°: Cayo Matahambre (island); 18950 m at 112°: Cayos del Pajonal (island group).

Cayo Los Quitasoles: inland

8680 m at 214°: Playa Uvero (settlement); 10810 m at 190°: Batey Lazo (locality); 13600 m at 192°: Piñón Número Dos (hamlet); 14080 m at 280°: Estación Concha (railway station); 14790 m at 194°: Banguela (locality); 15250 m at 215°: Aldaz (hamlet).

Cayo Los Quitasoles: distances

9970 m at 197°: Playa Piñón; 11840 m at 240°: Playa Colorado; 13520 m at 275°: Isabela de Sagua; 48980 m at 187°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 103910 m at 214°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 105520 m at 214°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 29250 m at 247°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Los Quitasoles: close by

1250 m at 175°: Cayos de Punta Inglés (island group); 2020 m at 292°: Cayuelos Fondos de Piedra Alta (island group); 2910 m at 39°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 3050 m at 91°: Cayo Culebra (cay); 3660 m at 305°: Cayos Dromedarios (island group); 4880 m at 42°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 4920 m at 260°: Cayo Tumba la Olla (cay); 5070 m at 267°: Cayos Tumba la Olla (island group); 5440 m at 103°: Cayo Monte Seco (cay); 5900 m at 128°: Cayo Versagua (cay); 6380 m at 257°: Cayo Chubasco (cay); 6460 m at 202°: Cayo Róbalo (cay).

Cayo Los Quitasoles: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 marinas, 1 historic & heritage, 1 stations & terminals, 1 schools, 1 factories & works, 1 clinics & polyclinics.

13080 m at 277°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13220 m at 277°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 13450 m at 276°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 13660 m at 274°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals).

Cayo Los Quitasoles: marine life records

246 records of 97 species within 10 km, 1994 to 2017: 138 sponges, 65 fish, 34 corals, 7 crustaceans, 2 other. That is 78.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 33 (sponges); Spirastrellidae, 18 (sponges); Mycale (Mycale) laevis, 18 (sponges); Stichopathes, 14 (corals); Xestospongia, 7 (sponges); Placospherastra, 6 (sponges); Sphyraena barracuda, 5 (fish); Plexauridae, 4 (corals); Sphoeroides testudineus, 4 (fish); Callyspongia (Cladochalina) alcoladoi, 4 (sponges); Spirastrella coccinea, 4 (sponges); Strongylura notata, 4 (fish).

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

Cayo Los Quitasoles: notes

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