Cayo Piedra

Cayo Piedra: coast and water

2300 m at 353°: Punta Manatí (point); 2930 m at 193°: Wireless Inlet (inlet); 3480 m at 243°: Puerto Caoba (cove); 3900 m at 54°: Punta la Guásima (point); 4660 m at 174°: Granadillo Bay (bay); 6170 m at 72°: El Mayal (estuary); 6300 m at 203°: Caracoles Point (point); 6600 m at 32°: Punta Negra (point); 7880 m at 194°: Deer Point (point); 8810 m at 199°: Corinaso Point (point); 8880 m at 204°: Fisherman Point (point); 9560 m at 223°: Conde Beach (beach); 10780 m at 169°: Windmill Beach (beach); 10860 m at 159°: Kittery Beach (beach); 11050 m at 136°: Punta Conde de Jaruco (point); 11920 m at 216°: Leeward Point (point).

Cayo Piedra: islands

550 m at 230°: Cayo Ramón (island); 1310 m at 213°: Cayo Redondo (island); 3240 m at 227°: Flamingo Cay (island); 3840 m at 203°: Medio Cay (island); 5460 m at 200°: Hospital Cay (island).

Cayo Piedra: inland

4300 m at 110°: Pozo Redondo (locality); 6800 m at 117°: Loma Bejuco (hill); 7950 m at 93°: Sierra Loma Las Guásimas (mountain); 7970 m at 21°: Río Seco (stream); 8310 m at 276°: Caño Verga (settlement); 8650 m at 333°: La Prusiana (locality); 8910 m at 57°: Loma Gobernadora (hill); 9130 m at 116°: Loma Los Malones (mountain); 9330 m at 147°: Loma Picote (hill); 9450 m at 264°: Capitolio (locality); 10160 m at 78°: El Acueducto (settlement); 10200 m at 106°: Boquerón (locality).

Cayo Piedra: distances

1480 m at 133°: Boquerón; 2610 m at 266°: Caimanera; 6840 m at 339°: Paraguay; 74060 m at 269°: Antonio Maceo International Airport ; 2550 m at 290°: Port of Guantánamo (port); 78490 m at 269°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Cayo Piedra: close by

550 m at 230°: Cayo Ramón (cay); 1310 m at 213°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 3240 m at 227°: Flamingo Cay (cay); 3840 m at 203°: Medio Cay (cay); 5460 m at 200°: Hospital Cay (cay); 7420 m at 193°: Old fuel station (fishing).

Cayo Piedra: on and around

Within 15 km: 131 salt works, 11 power plants, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 police & fire, 2 fuel stations, 2 stadiums & sport, 2 schools, 1 factories & works, 1 places of worship, 1 attractions.

6840 m at 183°: Marine Hill Pool (stadiums & sport); 8090 m at 186°: batting cages (stadiums & sport); 10160 m at 154°: Puesto de observación (attractions).

Cayo Piedra: marine life records

2133 records of 622 species within 10 km, 1937 to 2026: 455 molluscs, 359 corals, 297 fish, 283 seabirds and shorebirds, 214 sponges, 196 marine mammals, 126 crustaceans, 77 echinoderms, 51 other, 31 seagrass and algae, 24 sharks and rays, 20 turtles. That is 679.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Trichechus manatus, 191 (marine mammals); Charadrius vociferus, 33 (seabirds and shorebirds); Diploria labyrinthiformis, 29 (corals); Agaricia lamarcki, 25 (corals); Himantopus mexicanus, 25 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cardisoma guanhumi, 24 (crustaceans); Oreaster reticulatus, 23 (echinoderms); Orbicella faveolata, 23 (corals); Strombus pugilis, 23 (molluscs); Montastraea cavernosa, 20 (corals); Coenobita clypeatus, 18 (crustaceans); Acropora cervicornis, 17 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 17, Feb 2, Mar 10, Apr 19, May 17, Jun 23, Jul 32, Aug 16, Sep 20, Oct 25, Nov 7, Dec 5.

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

Cayo Piedra: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo Piedra

• Navigation: the lighthouse Windward Point Light stands about 12 km away.