Cayo María Velache

Cayo María Velache: coast and water

4630 m at 153°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 6090 m at 169°: Laguna La Caguama (lagoon); 7740 m at 258°: Punta Rosales (point); 9200 m at 52°: Canal de la Sepultura (channel); 10950 m at 88°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 15390 m at 94°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 16340 m at 159°: Canal de Cabeza del Este (channel); 19270 m at 20°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 20700 m at 285°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 22370 m at 136°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 22880 m at 89°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 26460 m at 89°: Canal Pasa Ancha (channel); 26800 m at 100°: Canal de Almácigo (channel); 29340 m at 45°: Estero Palizada (estuary); 29870 m at 12°: Fondeadero San Francisco (anchorage); 29890 m at 53°: Estero Sabanalamar (estuary).

Cayo María Velache: islands

2030 m at 298°: Cayo La Yerba (island); 7940 m at 72°: Cayo Sombrerito (island); 8960 m at 296°: Cayo Juan Yero (island); 9070 m at 327°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 10540 m at 156°: Cabeza del Este (island); 11120 m at 46°: Cayos la Sepultura (islet); 11270 m at 343°: Cayos República (island group); 12250 m at 360°: Cayo Rubio (island); 14720 m at 339°: Cayo Cotorro (island); 15490 m at 39°: Cayo Güincho (island); 17360 m at 48°: Cayo Caoba (island); 18850 m at 32°: Cayo las Muñecas (islet); 19750 m at 89°: Cayo Botijuela (island); 21640 m at 281°: Cayos Peralta (island group); 22200 m at 323°: Cayo Punta Macho (island); 23410 m at 116°: Cayos las Muchachas (island group); 25460 m at 58°: Cayo Piloncito (island); 25490 m at 45°: Cayo Punta Iguna (island); 26110 m at 62°: Cayo La Torre (island); 26160 m at 299°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 26340 m at 26°: Cayos Abre el Ojo (island group); 26890 m at 95°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (island); 26890 m at 95°: Cayo Ronquito (island); 27910 m at 280°: Cayo Bartolo (island).

Cayo María Velache: inland

25380 m at 31°: Sardiñas (locality).

Cayo María Velache: distances

40880 m at 73°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 42870 m at 75°: Playa Bonita; 76320 m at 18°: Vertientes; 105940 m at 31°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 156330 m at 47°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 211000 m at 308°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo María Velache: close by

1730 m at 208°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay); 2030 m at 298°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 2350 m at 339°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 4210 m at 311°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 4420 m at 345°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 4770 m at 229°: Cayo Las Caguamas (cay); 5140 m at 345°: Cayo Cubero (cay); 5310 m at 293°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 5920 m at 2°: Cayo Café (cay); 6610 m at 148°: Cayo Cabeza del Este (cay); 6870 m at 312°: Cayo Los Careyes (cay); 7810 m at 343°: Cayo Cubera (cay).

Cayo María Velache: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo María Velache: marine life records

332 records of 54 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2001: 204 fish, 127 corals, 1 sponges. That is 105.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 41 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 18 (fish); Porites porites, 17 (corals); Scarus iseri, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 16 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 15 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 15 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 15 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 14 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 11 (fish).

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

Cayo María Velache: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo María Velache

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 11 km away.