Cays & islands · Camagüey
Cayo Piedra Chica
Cayo Piedra Chica is a cay at 20°44′59″N 78°47′42″W in Camagüey province.
Cayo Piedra Chica: coast and water
8840 m at 43°: Canal de Cayo Largo (channel); 11560 m at 82°: Punta Antón (point); 13390 m at 292°: Laguna Las Anclitas (lagoon); 15390 m at 72°: Canal de la Lisa (channel); 19120 m at 296°: Canal Caballones (channel); 24670 m at 343°: Canal de Bergantines (channel); 25840 m at 121°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 26200 m at 115°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel).
Cayo Piedra Chica: islands
10180 m at 93°: Cayo Vivero (island); 10490 m at 286°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 13480 m at 139°: Cayos Los Indios (island group); 14680 m at 32°: Cayo Cucaracha (island); 15250 m at 27°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 17250 m at 101°: Cayo Felipe (island); 18180 m at 127°: Cayos Los Carabineros (island group); 19140 m at 102°: Cayo Galán (island); 19710 m at 63°: Cayo Chocolate (island); 21170 m at 100°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 22080 m at 95°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 24840 m at 353°: Cayo Bergantines (island group).
Cayo Piedra Chica: inland
52210 m at 50°: Garrapata (locality); 52830 m at 46°: Santa Gertrudis (locality); 52910 m at 43°: Baltazar (locality); 54080 m at 49°: Santa Isabel (locality); 55330 m at 68°: Las Cruces (locality); 55770 m at 69°: Arenilla (stream).
Cayo Piedra Chica: distances
76910 m at 18°: Playa Santa María; 82920 m at 93°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 85380 m at 93°: Playa Bonita; 123300 m at 53°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 182360 m at 61°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 166920 m at 312°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 21110 m at 333°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cayo Piedra Chica: close by
2310 m at 244°: Cayo Piedra Grande (cay); 2770 m at 132°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 3980 m at 296°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (cay); 6010 m at 41°: Cayo Largo (cay); 6150 m at 288°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 9130 m at 149°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 10090 m at 92°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 10180 m at 93°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 10500 m at 286°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 12880 m at 64°: Cayo Antón (cay); 12940 m at 103°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 13080 m at 139°: Cayo Ballena (cay).
Cayo Piedra Chica: marine life records
1320 records of 194 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2025: 770 fish, 483 corals, 17 crustaceans, 16 molluscs, 12 sharks and rays, 11 echinoderms, 4 sponges, 4 other, 1 turtles, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 420.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 109 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 54 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 50 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 50 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 45 (fish); Scarus iseri, 44 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 43 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 38 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 34 (fish); Acropora palmata, 33 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 33 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 33 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Piedra Chica: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
Getting to Cayo Piedra Chica
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 9.2 km away.
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.