Cayo Niquero

Cayo Niquero: coast and water

2480 m at 65°: Bahía de Niquero (bay); 2800 m at 14°: Bajo Atravesada (shoal); 4060 m at 209°: Punta Coloraditas (point); 5080 m at 259°: Pasa Azuaga (channel); 5170 m at 24°: Canal de Balandras (channel); 9280 m at 305°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 10510 m at 211°: Punta Limones (point); 10520 m at 233°: Banco Arriola (reef).

Cayo Niquero: islands

2330 m at 64°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 3560 m at 11°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 3660 m at 237°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 3940 m at 25°: Cayo Piragua (island); 4360 m at 346°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 4620 m at 2°: Cayo Antonia (island); 4740 m at 4°: Cayo Cocos (island); 4790 m at 340°: Cayo Huevo (island); 5480 m at 329°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 9830 m at 217°: Cayo Los Limones (island group); 10860 m at 331°: Cayo Pajáros (island); 11410 m at 332°: Cayo Palomino (island).

Cayo Niquero: inland

2250 m at 112°: Roberto Ramírez (sugar mill); 4720 m at 115°: Argote (locality); 4920 m at 172°: Guanito (settlement); 5240 m at 133°: Los Trozos (settlement); 5800 m at 159°: Coloradita (locality); 6290 m at 80°: Manáguano (hamlet).

Cayo Niquero: distances

2870 m at 113°: Niquero; 12400 m at 207°: Belic; 16140 m at 211°: Playa las Coloradas; 59650 m at 64°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 169750 m at 12°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 180470 m at 93°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 21430 m at 156°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayo Niquero: close by

1690 m at 35°: Bajo Damián (reef); 2320 m at 64°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 3560 m at 11°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 3650 m at 237°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 3900 m at 262°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 3940 m at 26°: Cayo Piragua (cay); 4360 m at 346°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 4620 m at 2°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 4740 m at 4°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 4800 m at 340°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 5480 m at 329°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 5720 m at 266°: Banco Azuaga (reef).

Cayo Niquero: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 7 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 places of worship, 1 historic & heritage.

2210 m at 119°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 2210 m at 115°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 2230 m at 115°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 2270 m at 119°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 2320 m at 121°: Casa Paraíso Azul (guest houses & hostels); 2410 m at 129°: Train (historic & heritage); 2810 m at 120°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 3070 m at 111°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 11240 m at 89°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cayo Niquero: marine life records

2 records of 2 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2024: 1 fish, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 1 (fish); Sula sula, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Cayo Niquero: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.