Cays & islands · Guantánamo

Cayo Turrones

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

Cayo Turrones is a cay at 20°40′59″N 75°19′59″W in Guantánamo province.

GPS 20.68333, -75.3333320°41′00″N 75°20′00″W

Cayo Turrones: coast and water

1090 m at 148°: Punta Diamante (point); 1770 m at 151°: Punta Cagabonés (point); 2230 m at 65°: Ensenada Ramona (bay); 2540 m at 223°: Playa Tánamo (beach); 2540 m at 317°: Punta Guayo (point); 3100 m at 303°: Bahía Barrederas (bay); 3470 m at 13°: Boca de Tánamo (inlet); 3710 m at 0°: Punta Sotavento (point).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Turrones
Cayo Turrones, wider

Cayo Turrones: islands

1730 m at 90°: Cayo Medio (island); 1730 m at 270°: Cayo Limón (island); 1850 m at 0°: Cayo Juanito (island); 2200 m at 319°: Cayo Alto (island); 2320 m at 132°: Cayo Rosario (island); 2530 m at 137°: Cayo Largo (island); 2540 m at 43°: Cayo Bruja (island); 3030 m at 121°: Cayo Arena (island); 3740 m at 112°: Cayo Ratones (island); 4100 m at 335°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 4190 m at 105°: Cayo Quemado (island); 12280 m at 279°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Cayo Turrones: inland

680 m at 212°: Punta Gorda (settlement); 1730 m at 270°: Río Limones (stream); 1850 m at 180°: Molasses (settlement); 2860 m at 187°: Collazo Cuatro (settlement); 3050 m at 18°: Boca de Tánamo (settlement); 5080 m at 137°: Río Cojetal (stream).

Cayo Turrones: distances

2540 m at 223°: Playa Tánamo; 4890 m at 296°: Barrederas; 5790 m at 111°: Frank País; 93110 m at 112°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 41000 m at 94°: Port of Moa (port); 96830 m at 216°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 17460 m at 211°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Turrones: close by

1730 m at 90°: Cayo Medio (cay); 1730 m at 270°: Cayo Limón (cay); 1850 m at 0°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 2210 m at 319°: Cayo Alto (cay); 2320 m at 132°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 2540 m at 137°: Cayo Largo (cay); 2540 m at 43°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 3020 m at 121°: Cayo Arena (cay); 3740 m at 112°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 4090 m at 335°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 4190 m at 105°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 11070 m at 75°: Camaronera (fishing).

Cayo Turrones: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 schools, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 government & embassies, 3 places of worship, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 banks & exchange, 3 coral reefs, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stations & terminals, 2 theatres & arts.

5910 m at 160°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 6670 m at 108°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 7100 m at 108°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 7180 m at 108°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 7330 m at 106°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 7590 m at 106°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 7910 m at 103°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 13640 m at 141°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 14040 m at 258°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites); 14460 m at 140°: Sagua de Tánamo (stations & terminals); 14690 m at 138°: Cine (theatres & arts); 14720 m at 139°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 14780 m at 295°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites).

Cayo Turrones: marine life records

24 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 5 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Vitta meleagris, 1 (molluscs); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Turrones: 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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