Cayo Moa Grande

Cayo Moa Grande: coast and water

2930 m at 111°: Quebrado de Moa (channel); 2930 m at 172°: Bajo Yaguasey (shoal); 2970 m at 177°: Punta Yaguasey (point); 3500 m at 169°: Bahía Yaguasey (cove); 3660 m at 132°: Bajo Grande (shoal); 3690 m at 219°: Bahía Cayo Moa (bay); 3920 m at 261°: Punta Cabagán (point); 5960 m at 143°: Ensenada Coco (cove); 6720 m at 131°: Bajo Punta Cobo (shoal); 6930 m at 141°: Punta Yagrumaje (point); 7700 m at 143°: Bahía Yagrumage (cove); 9240 m at 140°: Punta Gorda (point); 12000 m at 273°: Punta de Piedra (point); 16380 m at 266°: Punta Sotavento (point); 23530 m at 124°: Punta del Mangle (point); 28320 m at 128°: Bahía de Jaragua (cove).

Cayo Moa Grande: islands

1100 m at 317°: Cayo Chico (island); 10360 m at 281°: Cayo Burro (island); 22110 m at 122°: Cayo del Medio (island).

Cayo Moa Grande: inland

5360 m at 207°: Los Mangos (hamlet); 5410 m at 235°: Islazul Miraflores (hotel); 6280 m at 172°: Arroyo la Vaca (stream); 6840 m at 218°: Cayo Chico (settlement); 8640 m at 140°: Punta Gorda (settlement); 9050 m at 204°: La Mina (locality); 10040 m at 242°: Centeno (settlement); 12120 m at 247°: Miraflores (locality); 12290 m at 127°: Río Quesigua (stream); 13200 m at 257°: Yaguaneque (locality); 13920 m at 125°: Arroyo Semillero (stream); 14130 m at 137°: El Cupey (locality).

Cayo Moa Grande: distances

4910 m at 231°: CDR 7 de la Zona 40 (Moa); 5370 m at 220°: Moa; 21990 m at 125°: Yamanigüey; 55590 m at 131°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 4830 m at 221°: Port of Moa (port); 128500 m at 232°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 23730 m at 173°: Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt.

Cayo Moa Grande: close by

1090 m at 317°: Cayo Chico (cay); 10370 m at 281°: Cayo Burro (cay); 22110 m at 122°: Cayo del Medio (cay).

Cayo Moa Grande: on and around

Within 15 km: 17 schools, 15 stores & supermarkets, 15 mines & quarries, 11 clinics & polyclinics, 11 government & embassies, 9 factories & works, 9 urban parks & plazas, 8 guest houses & hostels, 5 places of worship, 5 banks & exchange.

4440 m at 232°: Casa Dionnis y Daynaris (guest houses & hostels); 4470 m at 219°: Maty´s House (guest houses & hostels); 4480 m at 217°: Pedro Soto Alba (historic & heritage); 4730 m at 219°: Junier Garcia Nicot (guest houses & hostels); 4770 m at 235°: Parque (urban parks & plazas); 4920 m at 231°: Area de Recreo (urban parks & plazas); 5050 m at 221°: Parque Pedro Sotto Alba (urban parks & plazas); 5060 m at 234°: Campo de Softbol (stadiums & sport); 5160 m at 222°: Paladar "El Palenque" (cuban cuisine & lechón); 5180 m at 226°: Las Almendras (urban parks & plazas); 5230 m at 230°: Anfiteatro del Pueblo (theatres & arts); 5300 m at 226°: Plaza Triangular (urban parks & plazas); 5330 m at 224°: Ángel Romero Videaux (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Moa Grande: marine life records

15 records of 13 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2021: 6 fish, 4 echinoderms, 2 corals, 1 sharks and rays, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 crustaceans. That is 4.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Neoscopelus macrolepidotus, 2 (fish); Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) coronatus, 2 (corals); Ophiosphalma serratum, 1 (echinoderms); Hexanchus griseus, 1 (sharks and rays); Sparisoma viride, 1 (fish); Amphiura otteri, 1 (echinoderms); Synaphobranchus affinis, 1 (fish); Cassytha filiformis, 1 (seagrass and algae); Munidopsis cubensis, 1 (crustaceans); Ophiogeron granulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella granulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Gambusia, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Moa Grande: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Moa Grande

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Moa Grande stands about 0.3 km away.