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Cayo Rapado Grande

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

Cayo Rapado Grande is a cay at 22°29′57″N 84°19′24″W in Pinar del Río province.

GPS 22.49909, -84.3234222°29′57″N 84°19′24″W

Cayo Rapado Grande: coast and water

1390 m at 264°: Ensenada del Cedro (bay); 3230 m at 235°: Punta Vinagrera (point); 4020 m at 147°: Punta las Canas (point); 5150 m at 204°: Punta Remagillal (point); 5430 m at 133°: Ensenada la Blanquilla (bay); 6230 m at 111°: Punta del Mulato (point); 6830 m at 217°: Punta La Playita (point); 11610 m at 209°: Punta del Este (point).

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

Cayo Rapado Grande: islands

1880 m at 159°: Cayo Babún (island); 3900 m at 141°: Cayo Murias (island); 5720 m at 211°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 9460 m at 78°: Cayo Escalón (island); 9490 m at 55°: Cayo Diego (island); 10510 m at 83°: Cayo Largo (island); 10850 m at 59°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 11310 m at 76°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 14040 m at 220°: Cayo de Buenavista (island); 24470 m at 47°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group).

Cayo Rapado Grande: inland

6320 m at 113°: Rosa (stream); 7250 m at 166°: Arroyo Camarones (stream); 10520 m at 162°: Cayo Largo (locality); 11950 m at 130°: La Ceja (settlement); 12060 m at 148°: Hacienda Camarones (hamlet); 12650 m at 124°: Pueblo Largo (settlement).

Cayo Rapado Grande: distances

6000 m at 145°: Playa Las Canas; 18620 m at 60°: Playa Alejo; 23450 m at 171°: Mantua; 174910 m at 115°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 170330 m at 71°: Port of Mariel (port); 95310 m at 223°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Cayo Rapado Grande: close by

1870 m at 159°: Cayo Babún (cay); 3900 m at 141°: Cayo Murias (cay); 5720 m at 211°: Cayo Rapado Chico (island group); 9460 m at 78°: Cayo Escalón (cay); 9490 m at 55°: Cayo Diego (cay); 10510 m at 83°: Cayo Largo (cay); 10850 m at 59°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 11300 m at 76°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 14030 m at 220°: Cayo de Buenavista (cay); 14400 m at 218°: Cayo de Buenavista (island group); 24470 m at 47°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group).

Cayo Rapado Grande: marine life records

17 records of 14 species within 10 km, 1885 to 2022: 7 molluscs, 4 other, 2 corals, 2 echinoderms, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals. That is 5.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Phascolion (Phascolion) strombus strombus, 3 (other); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Aplysia dactylomela, 1 (molluscs); Benthonella tenella, 1 (molluscs); Cassiopea xamachana, 1 (other); Physalia physalis, 1 (corals); Gadila subula, 1 (molluscs); Echinocyamus grandiporus, 1 (echinoderms); Abyla trigona, 1 (corals); Hyalopecten strigillatus, 1 (molluscs); Elysia crispata, 1 (molluscs); Oreaster reticulatus, 1 (echinoderms).

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

Cayo Rapado Grande: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

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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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