Cays & islands · Camagüey
Cayo Punta Afuera
Cayo Punta Afuera is a cay at 20°37′25″N 77°55′19″W in Camagüey province.
Cayo Punta Afuera: coast and water
1780 m at 14°: Pasa de Los Vapores (channel); 2710 m at 192°: Canal de Media Luna (channel); 7530 m at 272°: Punta Saliente (point); 7840 m at 359°: Punta San Juan (point); 13770 m at 133°: Canal de La Loma (channel); 14600 m at 51°: Estero La Salina (estuary); 15530 m at 62°: Estero San Bernardo (estuary); 17820 m at 285°: Punta los Criollos (point).
Cayo Punta Afuera: islands
1500 m at 52°: Cayo la Playa (island); 2610 m at 35°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 5990 m at 26°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 6850 m at 75°: Cayo los Bayameses (island); 7270 m at 145°: Cayo Media Luna (island); 7710 m at 83°: Cayo Gallego (island); 9810 m at 324°: Cayo Muerto (island); 10970 m at 313°: Cayo Carenero (islet); 13810 m at 64°: Cayo La Ceiba (island); 13870 m at 232°: Cayo Juan Suárez (island); 16200 m at 71°: Cayo Junco (island); 16830 m at 70°: Cayo Junquito (island).
Cayo Punta Afuera: inland
10430 m at 354°: Sabanalamar (locality); 11760 m at 316°: Litoral Santa Cruz (railway station); 12550 m at 347°: Veloso (locality); 13160 m at 322°: La Gloria (hamlet); 13210 m at 31°: Manopla (settlement); 14660 m at 326°: La Caridad (locality).
Cayo Punta Afuera: distances
10300 m at 327°: Playa Bonita; 12650 m at 321°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 34120 m at 77°: Guayabal; 88890 m at 5°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 123820 m at 34°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 224920 m at 108°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Cayo Punta Afuera: close by
1430 m at 354°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 1500 m at 52°: Cayo la Playa (cay); 2570 m at 33°: Cayo San Juan 2 (cay); 2610 m at 35°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 2650 m at 35°: Cayo San Juan de Afuera (cay); 3110 m at 291°: Cayos de Sevilla (island group); 4830 m at 7°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 5980 m at 26°: Cayo Ripiado (cay); 6770 m at 60°: Cayo Dos Hermanos Guacanayabo (cay); 6850 m at 75°: Cayo los Bayameses (cay); 7090 m at 39°: Cayo Manopla (cay); 7270 m at 145°: Cayo Media Luna (cay).
Cayo Punta Afuera: on and around
Within 15 km: 10 schools, 9 stores & supermarkets, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 government & embassies, 5 places of worship, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 banks & exchange, 3 factories & works, 3 trails & viewpoints, 2 historic & heritage.
12460 m at 325°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport); 12760 m at 323°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 12770 m at 323°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 12840 m at 322°: Museo Municipal (museums); 12920 m at 323°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13630 m at 323°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 13630 m at 323°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 14410 m at 326°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 14690 m at 327°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 14970 m at 327°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints).
Cayo Punta Afuera: marine life records
1 records of 1 species within 10 km: 1 molluscs. That is 0.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Euvola laurentii, 1 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Punta Afuera: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
Getting to Cayo Punta Afuera
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 11 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.