Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Pitajaya Grande

Satellite view of Cayo Pitajaya Grande, Cuba
Cayo Pitajaya Grande (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Pitajaya Grande is a cay at 20°21′33″N 77°50′52″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 20.35909, -77.8476620°21′33″N 77°50′52″W

Cayo Pitajaya Grande: coast and water

11860 m at 282°: Canal de la Ceiba (channel); 20100 m at 7°: Canal de La Loma (channel); 21980 m at 326°: Banco Mosquito (shoal); 23110 m at 55°: Canal de Bajo del Palo (channel); 29030 m at 314°: Canal de Juan Suárez (channel); 29780 m at 308°: Canal Uvero (channel); 29800 m at 39°: Banco Víbora (bank); 31410 m at 143°: Banco Palomino (shoal).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Pitajaya Grande
Cayo Pitajaya Grande, wider

Cayo Pitajaya Grande: islands

4600 m at 108°: Cayo Buena Esperanza (island); 13270 m at 301°: Cayo Antoñuelo (islet); 14920 m at 292°: Cayo Medano de la Ceiba (island); 15960 m at 2°: Cayo Macío (island); 20940 m at 313°: Cayo Mosquito Grande (island); 27930 m at 305°: Cayo Uvero (island); 28070 m at 318°: Cayo Juan Suárez (island); 28780 m at 308°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (island); 30390 m at 360°: Cayo Gallego (island); 30900 m at 139°: Cayo Palomino (island); 31180 m at 358°: Cayo los Bayameses (island); 31420 m at 140°: Cayo Pajáros (island).

Cayo Pitajaya Grande: inland

12280 m at 227°: Las Bolas (locality); 39710 m at 18°: Río Naranjo (stream); 39910 m at 344°: Najasa (stream); 40160 m at 22°: Arroyo del Estero (stream); 41090 m at 337°: Litoral Santa Cruz (railway station); 42230 m at 350°: Las Playuelas (locality).

Cayo Pitajaya Grande: distances

40330 m at 341°: Playa Bonita; 42250 m at 338°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 44650 m at 141°: Niquero; 79650 m at 96°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 145810 m at 25°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 209910 m at 101°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Cayo Pitajaya Grande: close by

3680 m at 118°: Cayo Medano de Buena Esperanza (cay); 4610 m at 108°: Cayo Buena Esperanza (cay); 7330 m at 303°: Cayo Piedra (cay); 12100 m at 309°: Cayo Jutía (cay); 12480 m at 304°: Cayo Sardina (island group); 13280 m at 301°: Cayo Antoñuelo (cay); 14910 m at 292°: Cayo Medano de la Ceiba (cay); 15700 m at 295°: La Ceiba (cay); 15960 m at 2°: Cayo Macío (cay); 16470 m at 312°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 17450 m at 320°: Cayo La Vela (cay); 18040 m at 311°: Cayo Cuatro Reales (cay).

Cayo Pitajaya Grande: marine life records

2 records of 2 species within 10 km, 2002 to 2002: 2 echinoderms. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiactis quinqueradia, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiomyxa flaccida, 1 (echinoderms).

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

Cayo Pitajaya Grande: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

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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.

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