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Cayo Tricornia

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

Cayo Tricornia is a cay at 22°58′34″N 80°23′01″W in Villa Clara province.

GPS 22.97604, -80.3836122°58′34″N 80°23′01″W

Cayo Tricornia: coast and water

2790 m at 141°: Punta Jutía (point); 4060 m at 161°: Ensenada La Salina (cove); 6030 m at 99°: Laguna Caravera (lagoon); 6440 m at 76°: Punta de Chicho (point); 7590 m at 128°: Punta Gorda (point); 9080 m at 271°: Playa Sierra Morena (beach); 9630 m at 127°: Ensenada de Cuni (cove); 12490 m at 97°: Punta del Negro Congo (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Tricornia
Cayo Tricornia, wider

Cayo Tricornia: islands

2360 m at 82°: Cayo Atravesado (island); 2870 m at 279°: Cayo Parguete (island); 4080 m at 358°: Cayo Levisa (island); 4980 m at 269°: Cayo Flamencos (island); 6930 m at 37°: Cayo Cayeras (island); 8190 m at 50°: Cayo Gallina (island); 9360 m at 76°: Cayo Tío Juan (island); 11900 m at 349°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 13230 m at 53°: Cayo Partido (island); 13590 m at 0°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 14330 m at 105°: Cayo Costa Rasa (island); 14560 m at 43°: Cayo Alto (island).

Cayo Tricornia: inland

6600 m at 180°: Villa Verde (hamlet); 6610 m at 219°: Islote La Panchita (settlement); 6810 m at 194°: Paz (hamlet); 7030 m at 134°: Manglar (locality); 8190 m at 259°: El Griego (locality); 8190 m at 141°: Majá (locality).

Cayo Tricornia: distances

4810 m at 151°: Salinas del Jatal; 9250 m at 272°: Playa La Fe; 10640 m at 184°: Rancho Veloz; 70250 m at 140°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 92030 m at 184°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 79280 m at 285°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 29780 m at 124°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Tricornia: close by

1980 m at 350°: Cayo Chino (cay); 2360 m at 82°: Cayo Atravesado (cay); 2870 m at 279°: Cayo Parguete (cay); 3540 m at 45°: Cayo Ramajes (cay); 4080 m at 358°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 4980 m at 269°: Cayo Flamencos (cay); 5360 m at 61°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (cay); 5470 m at 321°: Cayo Triste (cay); 5780 m at 66°: Cayo La Solapa (cay); 6010 m at 46°: Cayo Negro (cay); 6930 m at 37°: Cayo Cayeras (cay); 7900 m at 79°: Cayo Guajiro (cay).

Cayo Tricornia: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 schools, 2 stores & supermarkets, 1 salt works, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 farms & plantations, 1 camp sites, 1 fuel stations, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 historic & heritage.

4940 m at 222°: El Círculo (cuban cuisine & lechón); 9180 m at 269°: Campismo Sierra Morena (camp sites); 10690 m at 185°: Casa de la Cultura (theatres & arts); 10690 m at 184°: Parque Rancho Veloz (urban parks & plazas); 10700 m at 184°: José Martí (historic & heritage); 10710 m at 184°: Terminal de Ómnibus Rancho Veloz (stations & terminals).

Cayo Tricornia: marine life records

18 records of 5 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2020: 15 marine mammals, 2 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 molluscs. That is 5.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 14 (marine mammals); Cetacea, 1 (marine mammals); Recurvirostra americana, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pluvialis squatarola, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Onustus longleyi, 1 (molluscs).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 15.

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

Cayo Tricornia: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

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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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