Cayo Piragua

Cayo Piragua: coast and water

1230 m at 19°: Canal de Balandras (channel); 1310 m at 230°: Bajo Atravesada (shoal); 2230 m at 108°: Punta Bote (point); 4570 m at 200°: Punta de Niquero (point); 7240 m at 295°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 9640 m at 300°: Banco Palomino (shoal); 10220 m at 207°: Bahía Guanito (cove); 11950 m at 316°: Médano de Palomino (shoal).

Cayo Piragua: islands

1010 m at 266°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 1790 m at 311°: Cayo Cocos (island); 1870 m at 304°: Cayo Antonia (island); 2560 m at 171°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 2850 m at 284°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 3440 m at 286°: Cayo Huevo (island); 3940 m at 205°: Cayo Niquero (island); 4660 m at 284°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 7310 m at 221°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 9140 m at 311°: Cayo Pajáros (island); 9630 m at 312°: Cayo Palomino (island); 13710 m at 214°: Cayo Los Limones (island group).

Cayo Piragua: inland

3310 m at 140°: Arroyo Guaimaral (stream); 4900 m at 172°: Niquero (town); 6880 m at 199°: Arroyo Cachón (stream); 7450 m at 112°: Batey Zayas (settlement); 7590 m at 131°: Jagua Dos (settlement); 7940 m at 139°: Santa Martha (settlement).

Cayo Piragua: distances

4790 m at 169°: Niquero; 16340 m at 207°: Belic; 16900 m at 69°: Media Luna; 56640 m at 67°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 165920 m at 12°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 178970 m at 94°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 24190 m at 164°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Cayo Piragua: close by

1010 m at 266°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 1790 m at 311°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 1870 m at 305°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 2290 m at 199°: Bajo Damián (reef); 2570 m at 171°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 2860 m at 284°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 3440 m at 286°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 3940 m at 206°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 4660 m at 284°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 6910 m at 234°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 7230 m at 295°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 7310 m at 221°: Cayos Azuagas (island group).

Cayo Piragua: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 6 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 1 places of worship, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 stations & terminals.

4510 m at 176°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 4530 m at 176°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 4560 m at 165°: Casa de Ailien (guest houses & hostels); 4640 m at 177°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 4660 m at 176°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 4820 m at 166°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 5030 m at 172°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 5060 m at 178°: Train (historic & heritage); 10140 m at 110°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Cayo Piragua: marine life records

4 records of 4 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2024: 2 molluscs, 1 fish, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 1.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 1 (fish); Sula sula, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Agathistoma hotessierianum, 1 (molluscs); Agathistoma fasciatum, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Piragua: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.