Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Pescador

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

Cayo Pescador is a cay at 20°30′30″N 78°07′53″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 20.50839, -78.1314120°30′30″N 78°07′53″W

Cayo Pescador: coast and water

3940 m at 149°: Bajo Ancón del Uvero (shoal); 10970 m at 6°: Canal Pasa Ancha (channel); 15440 m at 13°: Canal Pasa Honda (channel); 16730 m at 117°: Canal de la Ceiba (channel); 17280 m at 85°: Banco Mosquito (shoal); 18030 m at 307°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 19360 m at 47°: Punta Saliente (point); 19850 m at 257°: Canal de Cabeza del Este (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Pescador
Cayo Pescador, wider

Cayo Pescador: islands

4190 m at 75°: Cayo Muchacho (island); 4290 m at 50°: Cayo Leña (island); 6800 m at 82°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (island); 8470 m at 10°: Cayo Ronquito (island); 8680 m at 12°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 11340 m at 101°: Cayo Paiva (island); 12220 m at 333°: Cayo Botijuela (island); 13320 m at 18°: Cayo Güincho (island); 16450 m at 13°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 16660 m at 106°: Cayo Cuatro Reales (island); 19080 m at 10°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 19420 m at 41°: Cayería la Sierra (island group).

Cayo Pescador: inland

25320 m at 33°: Litoral Santa Cruz (railway station); 26900 m at 31°: La Gloria (hamlet); 28300 m at 40°: Najasa (stream); 29380 m at 32°: Santa Clara (hamlet); 29500 m at 13°: San Narciso (locality); 29510 m at 13°: Caimanes (locality).

Cayo Pescador: distances

26510 m at 31°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 26900 m at 37°: Playa Bonita; 58760 m at 69°: Guayabal; 105540 m at 16°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 146950 m at 38°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 237410 m at 347°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Pescador: close by

1220 m at 26°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (cay); 3010 m at 10°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 3200 m at 12°: Cayos Levisa (island group); 4200 m at 75°: Cayo Muchacho (cay); 4250 m at 274°: Cayos las Muchachas (island group); 4290 m at 50°: Cayo Leña (cay); 4990 m at 53°: Cayo Yana (cay); 6710 m at 95°: Cayo Uvero (cay); 6800 m at 82°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (cay); 6970 m at 28°: Cayo Almácigo (cay); 7840 m at 84°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 8470 m at 10°: Cayo Ronquito (cay).

Cayo Pescador: marine life records

391 records of 37 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 217 corals, 174 fish. That is 124.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 79 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 39 (corals); Porites astreoides, 27 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 23 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 20 (corals); Porites porites, 17 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 15 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 15 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 12 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 11 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 11 (fish); Acropora palmata, 11 (corals).

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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