Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Sombrerito

Satellite view of Cayo Sombrerito, Cuba
Cayo Sombrerito (Esri, Maxar)

Cayo Sombrerito is a cay at 20°37′32″N 78°18′06″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 20.62569, -78.3015720°37′32″N 78°18′06″W

Cayo Sombrerito: coast and water

3980 m at 122°: Canal Inglesito (channel); 8570 m at 220°: Punta Puerto Arturo (point); 8590 m at 115°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 14180 m at 263°: Canalizo Mexicana (channel); 16350 m at 19°: Pasa la Uva (channel); 19030 m at 96°: Canal Pasa Ancha (channel); 20220 m at 157°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 22460 m at 47°: Punta El Ñato (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Sombrerito
Cayo Sombrerito, wider

Cayo Sombrerito: islands

5140 m at 5°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 5260 m at 5°: Cayos la Sepultura (islet); 7950 m at 252°: Cayo María Velache (island); 8410 m at 268°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (island); 9040 m at 207°: Cayo Cabeza del Este (island); 9280 m at 244°: Cayo Alto la Jía (island); 9460 m at 261°: Cayo La Yerba (island); 12560 m at 195°: Cabeza del Este (island); 15080 m at 327°: Cayos Catauro (island group); 15640 m at 276°: Cayo Juan Yero (island); 15690 m at 281°: Cayo Corúa (island); 16760 m at 260°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group).

Cayo Sombrerito: inland

25460 m at 48°: Sabanalamar (locality); 26450 m at 37°: Pollona (locality); 28930 m at 57°: Caimanes (locality); 29010 m at 18°: Negro de los Remedios (stream); 29030 m at 57°: San Narciso (locality); 29110 m at 73°: Arroyo Pinipiniche (stream).

Cayo Sombrerito: distances

32940 m at 73°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 34940 m at 76°: Playa Bonita; 71950 m at 13°: Vertientes; 100080 m at 28°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 149130 m at 46°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 215570 m at 306°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Sombrerito: close by

1730 m at 52°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 5140 m at 5°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 5260 m at 5°: Cayos la Sepultura (cay); 6050 m at 93°: Cayo Granada (cay); 7200 m at 17°: Cayo Rancho Viejo (cay); 7940 m at 252°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 8100 m at 295°: Cayo Café (cay); 8410 m at 268°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 8550 m at 309°: Cayos Guasa (island group); 8870 m at 282°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 9050 m at 207°: Cayo Cabeza del Este (cay); 9220 m at 286°: Cayo Cubero (cay).

Cayo Sombrerito: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Sombrerito: marine life records

308 records of 43 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 195 fish, 113 corals. That is 98.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 41 (corals); Porites astreoides, 23 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 19 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 18 (fish); Scarus iseri, 15 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 13 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 13 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 11 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 11 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 10 (fish).

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

Cayo Sombrerito: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Sombrerito

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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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