Cays & islands · Guantánamo
Cayo Tortuga
Cayo Tortuga is a cay at 20°40′59″N 75°30′00″W in Guantánamo province.
Cayo Tortuga: coast and water
0 m at 180°: Ensenada Manatí (cove); 1850 m at 0°: Punta Coral (point); 2540 m at 43°: Punta Copal (point); 4110 m at 325°: Bahía de Levisa (bay); 4680 m at 65°: Bahía Cabonico (bay); 4870 m at 23°: Punta Jagüey (point); 4940 m at 42°: Punta Blanco (point); 5890 m at 346°: Ensenada Rompe Esquina (cove).
Cayo Tortuga: islands
1390 m at 359°: Cayo Santillana (island); 1850 m at 0°: Cayo Lechuza (island); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Grande (island); 4320 m at 295°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 5080 m at 317°: Cayo Ratón (island); 5740 m at 345°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 6790 m at 325°: Cayo Limón (island); 7870 m at 298°: Cayo Yarey Grande (island); 7870 m at 298°: Cayo Yarey Chico (island).
Cayo Tortuga: inland
1620 m at 168°: Dos Caminos (settlement); 1830 m at 188°: El Alto del Purio (settlement); 3700 m at 115°: Cabonico (settlement); 3930 m at 62°: Río La Marea (stream); 4100 m at 25°: Limones (hamlet); 4900 m at 238°: Levisa (settlement).
Cayo Tortuga: distances
4230 m at 120°: Cabonico; 4350 m at 264°: Nicaro-Levisa; 8830 m at 41°: Corinthia Beach; 85560 m at 278°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 30430 m at 305°: Port of Antilla (port); 87780 m at 207°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 17020 m at 151°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal; 38280 m at 323°: Comité Militar Banes; 38330 m at 234°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos.
Cayo Tortuga: close by
1390 m at 359°: Cayo Santillana (cay); 1850 m at 0°: Cayo Lechuza (cay); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Grande (cay); 4320 m at 295°: Cayos las Pedronas (island group); 5080 m at 317°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5520 m at 70°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5740 m at 345°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 6790 m at 325°: Cayo Limón (cay); 7510 m at 309°: Isla Makey (cay); 7860 m at 298°: Cayo Yarey Chico (cay); 7860 m at 298°: Cayo Yarey Grande (cay); 8100 m at 298°: Cayo Madama (cay).
Cayo Tortuga: on and around
Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 8 schools, 8 mines & quarries, 5 places of worship, 5 coral reefs, 4 garages & car services, 4 police & fire, 3 factories & works, 3 camp sites, 3 stations & terminals.
4560 m at 239°: Chalé (guest houses & hostels); 4650 m at 129°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites); 4790 m at 245°: Capitán del Ejercicio Rebelde Melquiades González López (historic & heritage); 4860 m at 244°: Terminal Levisa (stations & terminals); 5070 m at 239°: casa de lilo (guest houses & hostels); 5090 m at 237°: Cine (theatres & arts); 5290 m at 238°: Mi casa,Beto (guest houses & hostels); 5310 m at 245°: Batería Grupo Electrógeno Diésel Nicaro - Levisa (mines & quarries); 5710 m at 250°: Base de transporte Levisa (stations & terminals); 5910 m at 252°: Nicaro 110 kV (mines & quarries); 6190 m at 300°: Establecimientos de bebidas y alojamiento (attractions); 6410 m at 300°: Puerto de Nicaro (mines & quarries); 7250 m at 32°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites).
Cayo Tortuga: marine life records
3 records of 3 species within 10 km, 1986 to 2017: 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals, 1 molluscs. That is 1.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Himantopus mexicanus, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Globicephala macrorhynchus, 1 (marine mammals); Columbella mercatoria, 1 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Tortuga: notes
Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.
Getting to Cayo Tortuga
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Mayarí stands about 12 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.