Cayo Piedra Grande

Cayo Piedra Grande: coast and water

2670 m at 109°: Laguna de Boca Piedra (lagoon); 5810 m at 131°: Punta Las Crucecitas (point); 7110 m at 135°: Canal Cachiboca (channel); 12070 m at 314°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove); 16130 m at 295°: Punta Caballones (point); 23950 m at 305°: Laguna Mangle Alto (lagoon); 27170 m at 117°: Boca de Juan Grín (channel); 27710 m at 111°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel).

Cayo Piedra Grande: islands

4780 m at 308°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 15190 m at 64°: Cayo Antón (island); 17150 m at 31°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 19150 m at 96°: Cayo Felipe (island); 19970 m at 72°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 20330 m at 102°: Cayo Las Cruces (island); 21130 m at 120°: Cayo Bartolo (island); 22020 m at 64°: Cayo Chocolate (island); 23080 m at 97°: Cayo Tarantín (island); 24100 m at 92°: Cayo Rancho Alegre (island); 24570 m at 302°: Cayo Mangle Alto (island); 25140 m at 98°: Cayo Yuraguana (island).

Cayo Piedra Grande: inland

52490 m at 49°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 55080 m at 43°: Baltazar (locality); 55170 m at 56°: Santo Domingo (hamlet); 55920 m at 36°: San Pedro (stream); 56320 m at 50°: Santa Isabel (locality); 56490 m at 61°: San Miguel (locality).

Cayo Piedra Grande: distances

78530 m at 19°: Playa Santa María; 84950 m at 92°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 87400 m at 93°: Playa Bonita; 125570 m at 53°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 184670 m at 61°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 166070 m at 313°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 21190 m at 339°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Piedra Grande: close by

2310 m at 64°: Cayo Piedra Chica (cay); 3150 m at 332°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (cay); 4230 m at 101°: Cayos Las Cruces (island group); 4780 m at 308°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 8180 m at 47°: Cayo Largo (cay); 8920 m at 296°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 9600 m at 135°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 11560 m at 295°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 12180 m at 87°: Cayo Cruces (cay); 12240 m at 88°: Cayo Vivero (cay); 12990 m at 300°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 13870 m at 129°: Cayo Ballena (cay).

Cayo Piedra Grande: marine life records

1501 records of 209 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2025: 898 fish, 523 corals, 17 crustaceans, 16 sharks and rays, 16 molluscs, 15 echinoderms, 5 other, 5 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 sponges, 1 turtles, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 477.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 109 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 60 (fish); Acropora palmata, 57 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 55 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 54 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 52 (corals); Scarus iseri, 49 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 44 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 42 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 41 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 39 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 39 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.

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

Cayo Piedra Grande: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Piedra Grande

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Cachiboca stands about 9.6 km away.