Cayo Niara

Cayo Niara: coast and water

8560 m at 276°: Bajo Los Corrales (shoal); 9410 m at 303°: Bajo Blanco (shoal); 11240 m at 257°: Canal Cinco Balas (channel); 15540 m at 137°: Placer de Caballones (shoal); 17990 m at 211°: Playa Alcatraz (beach); 20740 m at 247°: Canalizo Horqueta (channel); 23940 m at 283°: Bajo Lobo (shoal); 24810 m at 330°: Canal Burgao (channel).

Cayo Niara: islands

680 m at 44°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 15630 m at 236°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 17430 m at 213°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 19870 m at 340°: Cayo Burgao (island); 35890 m at 153°: Cayo Caballones (island); 40340 m at 351°: Cayos Herradura (island group); 46910 m at 59°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 49450 m at 61°: Cayo La Cana (island); 49510 m at 309°: Cayo Zaza de Afuera (island); 49760 m at 309°: Cayo Chiquito (island); 51160 m at 50°: Cayo Guásimas (island); 51750 m at 41°: Cayo Guinea (island).

Cayo Niara: inland

44270 m at 354°: Frajana (locality); 44520 m at 12°: Las Nuevas (stream); 45480 m at 4°: Realengo de San Vicente (locality); 46710 m at 5°: N. G. Rubio (locality); 47470 m at 354°: Los Galleguitos East (airfield); 47590 m at 354°: Manuel Casas (hamlet).

Cayo Niara: distances

65210 m at 356°: La Sierpe; 67090 m at 338°: Guasimal; 70690 m at 68°: Playa Santa María; 106730 m at 310°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 167560 m at 311°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 103950 m at 308°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Niara: close by

50 m at 330°: Cayuelo de Rabihorcado (cay); 680 m at 44°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 8590 m at 20°: Cayo Piedra (reef); 15630 m at 236°: Cayos Cinco Balas (island group); 16230 m at 211°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 16770 m at 82°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 17430 m at 213°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 17850 m at 213°: Cayo Alcatraz Grande (cay); 18420 m at 218°: Cayo Alcatracito (cay); 18930 m at 226°: Cayo Casimba (cay); 19870 m at 340°: Cayo Burgao (cay); 23600 m at 253°: Cayo Bretón (cay).

Cayo Niara: on and around

Within 15 km: 11 coral reefs.

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Cayo Niara: marine life records

513 records of 63 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 280 corals, 233 fish. That is 163.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 51 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 51 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 31 (corals); Millepora complanata, 24 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 23 (fish); Porites furcata, 22 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 21 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 20 (corals); Acropora palmata, 19 (corals); Porites porites, 18 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 18 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 17 (fish).

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

Cayo Niara: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.