Cays & islands · Camagüey

Cayo Uvero

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

Cayo Uvero is a cay at 20°30′12″N 78°04′02″W in Camagüey province.

GPS 20.50322, -78.0672020°30′12″N 78°04′02″W

Cayo Uvero: coast and water

7760 m at 157°: Canal de Cuatro Reales (channel); 10740 m at 78°: Banco Mosquito (shoal); 10840 m at 131°: Canal de la Ceiba (channel); 11890 m at 151°: Banco La Ceiba (shoal); 18110 m at 353°: Punta los Criollos (point); 18900 m at 69°: Ensenada Media Luna (cove); 19380 m at 301°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 20120 m at 77°: Canal de Culebra (channel).

Wider satellite view around Cayo Uvero
Cayo Uvero, wider

Cayo Uvero: islands

1830 m at 37°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 6380 m at 285°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (island); 8840 m at 48°: Cayo Médano (island); 10280 m at 332°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 10290 m at 330°: Cayo Ronquito (island); 12000 m at 103°: Cayo La Vela (island); 12720 m at 137°: La Ceiba (island); 13520 m at 349°: Cayo Güincho (island); 13820 m at 139°: Cayo Medano de la Ceiba (island); 16260 m at 350°: Cayos Mate (island group); 16390 m at 22°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 16900 m at 350°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group).

Cayo Uvero: inland

22970 m at 18°: Litoral Santa Cruz (railway station); 25040 m at 27°: Najasa (stream); 27220 m at 9°: Lunanco (locality); 27530 m at 30°: Sabanalamar (locality); 28890 m at 12°: Gonzalo de Quesada (settlement); 29030 m at 16°: Cambute (settlement).

Cayo Uvero: distances

24010 m at 23°: Playa Bonita; 24270 m at 17°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 52790 m at 66°: Guayabal; 104440 m at 13°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 143410 m at 36°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 235740 m at 104°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Cayo Uvero: close by

1500 m at 2°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (cay); 1830 m at 37°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 3110 m at 302°: Cayo Muchacho (cay); 3220 m at 97°: Cayo Cupey (cay); 4500 m at 323°: Cayo Yana (cay); 4730 m at 111°: Cayo Paiva (cay); 4780 m at 314°: Cayo Leña (cay); 5450 m at 117°: Cayo Playas Grandes (cay); 6380 m at 285°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (cay); 6400 m at 40°: Cayo Juan Suárez (cay); 6710 m at 275°: Cayo Pescador (cay); 6750 m at 155°: Cayo Carapacho (cay).

Cayo Uvero: marine life records

236 records of 32 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 140 corals, 96 fish. That is 75.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 79 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 16 (fish); Porites porites, 13 (corals); Porites astreoides, 11 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 8 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 7 (fish); Acropora palmata, 7 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 6 (fish).

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

Cayo Uvero: notes

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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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