Cays & islands · Pinar del Río

Cayo Pescador

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

Cayo Pescador is a cay at 22°48′17″N 83°45′00″W in Pinar del Río province.

GPS 22.80472, -83.7500022°48′17″N 83°45′00″W

Cayo Pescador: coast and water

2810 m at 224°: Punta Brava (point); 3980 m at 86°: Punta Lavandera (point); 6870 m at 220°: Punta Aguas Prietas (point); 9400 m at 227°: Punta Gervasio (point); 10280 m at 94°: Ensenada de Verracos (bay); 10520 m at 103°: Playa Arroyo Berracos (beach); 11920 m at 239°: Estero Manatí (bay); 11960 m at 239°: Estero Maja (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Pescador
Cayo Pescador, wider

Cayo Pescador: islands

1790 m at 253°: Cayos Legua (island group); 2870 m at 249°: Cayo Redondo (island); 3440 m at 192°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (island); 4770 m at 98°: Cayo Coruita (island); 5210 m at 273°: Cayo Inés de Soto (island); 5240 m at 242°: Cayo Prieto (island); 5260 m at 242°: Cayo Largo (island); 6370 m at 85°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 8250 m at 84°: Cayo Las Uvas (island); 9530 m at 79°: Cayo Verracos (island group); 10150 m at 70°: Cayo Arenas (island); 11700 m at 241°: Cayos Boquerones (island group).

Cayo Pescador: inland

4420 m at 155°: Puerto Esperanza (settlement); 4560 m at 158°: San Francisco (hamlet); 5620 m at 156°: María Antonia (settlement); 6170 m at 137°: Altos de San Pedro (hills); 6640 m at 130°: Veguerío de Jejenes (locality); 7230 m at 217°: Arroyo Ojo de Agua (stream).

Cayo Pescador: distances

4220 m at 154°: La Esperanza; 10520 m at 103°: Playa Arroyo Berracos; 17550 m at 154°: República de Chile (Cuba); 138880 m at 81°: José Martí International Airport ; 104480 m at 78°: Port of Mariel (port); 131650 m at 76°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 24560 m at 189°: Parque Nacional Viñales; 36550 m at 103°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Pescador: close by

1790 m at 253°: Cayos Legua (island group); 2870 m at 249°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 3440 m at 191°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (cay); 3830 m at 151°: Muelle (Jetée, Pier) (fishing); 4780 m at 98°: Cayo Coruita (cay); 5220 m at 273°: Cayo Inés de Soto (cay); 5240 m at 242°: Cayo Prieto (cay); 5270 m at 242°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6370 m at 85°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 8250 m at 84°: Cayo Las Uvas (cay); 8330 m at 94°: Cayo Jíbaro (cay); 9530 m at 79°: Cayo Verracos (island group).

Cayo Pescador: on and around

Within 15 km: 26 guest houses & hostels, 3 schools, 3 cuban cuisine & lechón, 2 historic & heritage, 2 marinas, 2 peaks & volcanoes, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 theatres & arts, 1 banks & exchange, 1 stores & supermarkets.

3790 m at 153°: Las Cabañas (guest houses & hostels); 3910 m at 150°: Martí (historic & heritage); 3940 m at 148°: La Pesca Deportiva (marinas); 3940 m at 152°: Casa Ismael y Laura (guest houses & hostels); 3950 m at 151°: Villa Sarah (guest houses & hostels); 4020 m at 146°: La Pesca Profesional (marinas); 4160 m at 152°: Cine (theatres & arts); 4780 m at 157°: El Barchito (historic & heritage); 13370 m at 167°: Sierra San Vicente (peaks & volcanoes); 14190 m at 163°: Paladar El Sabor (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14210 m at 163°: Paladar El Matancero y Clarita (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14210 m at 163°: Paladar Las Palmitas (cuban cuisine & lechón); 14950 m at 145°: Mogote La Mina (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Pescador: marine life records

8 records of 3 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2016: 6 marine mammals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 crustaceans. That is 2.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Trichechus manatus, 6 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Anilocra laticauda, 1 (crustaceans).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 3.

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

Cayo Pescador: 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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