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Cayo Miraflores

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

Cayo Miraflores is a cay at 20°46′34″N 78°53′31″W in Ciego de Ávila province.

GPS 20.77619, -78.8918320°46′34″N 78°53′31″W

Cayo Miraflores: coast and water

5900 m at 106°: Punta de Pilotos (point); 6750 m at 116°: Canal de Boca de Piedra Chica (channel); 7210 m at 294°: Punta Caballones (point); 14620 m at 122°: Punta Las Crucecitas (point); 15590 m at 303°: Estero Guancho (estuary); 22800 m at 307°: Boca Fraile (channel); 23990 m at 126°: Punta de Indios (point); 24760 m at 86°: Canal de la Lisa (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Miraflores
Cayo Miraflores, wider

Cayo Miraflores: islands

13200 m at 321°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 15730 m at 306°: Cayo Mangle Alto (island); 20030 m at 58°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 22700 m at 348°: Cayo Cargado (island); 23430 m at 105°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 23720 m at 114°: Cayo Mangle Prieto (island); 24090 m at 90°: Cayo Gordo (island); 26370 m at 121°: Cayos Los Hierros (island group); 26960 m at 100°: Cayo Antoncito (island); 28330 m at 78°: Cayo Chocolate (island); 29050 m at 106°: Cayo Las Cruces (island); 29620 m at 104°: Cayo Galán (island).

Cayo Miraflores: inland

52230 m at 54°: Las Casimbas (locality); 56530 m at 57°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 58110 m at 45°: San Pedro (stream); 58330 m at 52°: Baltazar (locality); 58620 m at 58°: Garrapata (locality); 58790 m at 55°: Santa Gertrudis (locality).

Cayo Miraflores: distances

77890 m at 25°: Playa Santa María; 93160 m at 94°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 93530 m at 54°: La Clarita; 129800 m at 56°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 189830 m at 63°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 157530 m at 314°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 15860 m at 2°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Miraflores: close by

2650 m at 289°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 4110 m at 307°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 4360 m at 103°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 6610 m at 100°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (cay); 8920 m at 116°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 10500 m at 106°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 13050 m at 111°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 13200 m at 321°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 13200 m at 321°: Jardines de la Reina (reef); 13200 m at 321°: Jardines de la Reina (fishing); 14080 m at 83°: Cayo Largo (cay); 15730 m at 306°: Cayo Mangle Alto (cay).

Cayo Miraflores: marine life records

2260 records of 327 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2026: 1275 fish, 601 corals, 179 sponges, 51 sharks and rays, 42 crustaceans, 40 molluscs, 36 echinoderms, 18 other, 13 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 seagrass and algae, 1 turtles. That is 719.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 98 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 73 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 71 (fish); Acropora palmata, 63 (corals); Scarus iseri, 57 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 55 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 53 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 51 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 50 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 50 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 42 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 41 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.

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

Cayo Miraflores: 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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