Cays & islands · Pinar del Río
Cayo Pimienta
Cayo Pimienta is a cay at 22°39′26″N 84°03′19″W in Pinar del Río province.
Cayo Pimienta: coast and water
1420 m at 236°: Ensenada Ristra de Ajos (cove); 1580 m at 312°: Canalizo Sur (channel); 4590 m at 227°: Punta Gorda (point); 6980 m at 29°: Punta Jutías (point); 7460 m at 82°: Ensenada de las Cuchillas (cove); 7710 m at 31°: Pasa de la Laja (channel); 7750 m at 234°: Estero Mataturcos (cove); 8290 m at 60°: Bahía Santa Lucía (bay); 8960 m at 225°: Estero las Barbacoas (channel); 9150 m at 83°: Canal Santa Lucía (channel); 11230 m at 41°: Pasa Honda (channel); 11800 m at 66°: Punta Santa Lucía (point); 11970 m at 68°: Ensenada del Río (bay); 13600 m at 230°: Punta de Baja (point); 14430 m at 231°: Playa Alejo (beach); 14940 m at 46°: Bajo Malas Aguas (shoal).
Cayo Pimienta: islands
6040 m at 24°: Cayo Jutías (island); 8710 m at 41°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (island); 9540 m at 72°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 9540 m at 72°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 9750 m at 265°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group).
Cayo Pimienta: inland
1350 m at 195°: Veguita (stream); 3920 m at 227°: Río del Medio (stream); 5350 m at 213°: Arroyo Salado (stream); 6980 m at 204°: Baja (locality); 7060 m at 217°: Copey (stream); 7850 m at 110°: El Castellano (locality); 8240 m at 176°: Hicaco (locality); 10080 m at 177°: Santa Rosa (locality); 10830 m at 94°: La Sabana (hamlet); 11100 m at 125°: Brazo de Encino (hamlet); 11480 m at 224°: Arroyo Zarzal (stream); 12540 m at 94°: El Encinal (locality).
Cayo Pimienta: distances
9390 m at 88°: Santa Lucía; 13720 m at 127°: Minas de Matahambre; 14080 m at 234°: Playa Alejo; 159650 m at 125°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 138800 m at 74°: Port of Mariel (port); 127190 m at 227°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Protected: 28620 m at 106°: Parque Nacional Viñales.
Cayo Pimienta: close by
6040 m at 24°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 8710 m at 41°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (cay); 8710 m at 41°: Médano de Jutías (reef); 9020 m at 35°: Cayo Médano (cay); 9540 m at 72°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 9540 m at 72°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 9750 m at 265°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 12680 m at 36°: Arrecifes de Los Colorados (reef); 15910 m at 38°: Cabezo El Tingo (reef); 16690 m at 62°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 21820 m at 237°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 22260 m at 228°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group).
Cayo Pimienta: on and around
Within 15 km: 18 guest houses & hostels, 10 stores & supermarkets, 8 factories & works, 8 schools, 5 clinics & polyclinics, 4 mines & quarries, 4 urban parks & plazas, 3 places of worship, 2 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints.
4170 m at 359°: Punta César y Ella (attractions); 5480 m at 206°: Casa de Saidelin (guest houses & hostels); 8090 m at 108°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 8290 m at 83°: La Ceniza (mines & quarries); 8840 m at 85°: Campo de Fútbol (stadiums & sport); 9000 m at 81°: Villa Amanecer (guest houses & hostels); 9020 m at 83°: Villa El Pollo (guest houses & hostels); 9090 m at 82°: José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 9170 m at 81°: Área de Festejo (urban parks & plazas); 9180 m at 79°: Puerto Santa Lucía (marinas); 9180 m at 80°: Teminal Santa Lucia (stations & terminals); 9210 m at 80°: Parque de Santa Lucía (urban parks & plazas); 9220 m at 79°: Santa Lucia (marinas).
Cayo Pimienta: marine life records
45 records of 34 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2023: 15 fish, 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae, 6 corals, 4 crustaceans, 3 echinoderms, 1 molluscs. That is 14.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Lytechinus variegatus, 2 (echinoderms); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Acyrtops beryllinus, 2 (fish); Dactyloscopus poeyi, 2 (fish); Calidris minutilla, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 1 (seagrass and algae); Acropora palmata, 1 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Pimienta: notes
Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.
Getting to Cayo Pimienta
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías 2 stands about 7.2 km away.
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías stands about 7.3 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.