Cayos Broqueles

Cayos Broqueles: coast and water

3190 m at 230°: Laguna Centeno (lagoon); 4380 m at 82°: Punta de Torres (point); 5560 m at 360°: Playa Oliver (beach); 6810 m at 4°: Punta Cedro (point); 8870 m at 102°: Punta Botija (point); 9060 m at 145°: Playa Juan Vicente (beach); 9160 m at 64°: Bahía de Nipe (bay); 9540 m at 17°: Antilla (harbour); 10040 m at 41°: Punta Salina Grande (point); 10340 m at 13°: Ensenada Lara (bay); 12680 m at 44°: Punta Felipe (point); 13610 m at 16°: Playa Jamaica (beach); 13880 m at 50°: Punta Negra (point); 14350 m at 17°: Ensenada Jamaica (cove); 14460 m at 21°: Punta Piedra (point); 14700 m at 15°: Playa Pilón (beach).

Cayos Broqueles: islands

2040 m at 177°: Cayo Obispo (island); 2190 m at 358°: Cayo Yuraguanal (island); 3700 m at 360°: Cayo Ratones (island); 6280 m at 123°: Cayo Juan Vicente (island); 9670 m at 34°: Cayo Largo (island).

Cayos Broqueles: inland

5050 m at 352°: Río Tacajó (stream); 5310 m at 219°: Morales Dos (locality); 5480 m at 198°: Río Guaro (stream); 5820 m at 163°: Arroyo Serones (stream); 6380 m at 305°: Río Tierra Buena (stream); 6550 m at 328°: Lengua de Tierra (locality); 6700 m at 182°: Vigía Dos (settlement); 6800 m at 154°: Juan Díaz Dos (settlement); 7090 m at 173°: Vigía Uno (settlement); 7340 m at 147°: Playa Juan Vicente (settlement); 8510 m at 89°: Villa Pinares De Mayari (hotel); 8930 m at 187°: Guaro (settlement).

Cayos Broqueles: distances

5560 m at 360°: Playa Oliver; 7610 m at 137°: Playa Manteca; 8770 m at 187°: Guaro (Holguín); 57200 m at 274°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 10380 m at 15°: Port of Antilla (port); 86620 m at 188°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 23440 m at 11°: Comité Militar Banes; 30330 m at 186°: Parque Nacional La Mensura Pilotos; 34160 m at 358°: Área en Conservación de Bosque Nativo.

Cayos Broqueles: close by

2040 m at 178°: Cayo Obispo (cay); 2190 m at 358°: Cayo Yuraguanal (cay); 3710 m at 0°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 6290 m at 123°: Cayo Juan Vicente (cay); 8660 m at 17°: Puerto Marítimo (fishing); 9060 m at 19°: La Patana (fishing); 9670 m at 34°: Cayo Largo (cay); 16370 m at 337°: Sitio de pesca (fishing); 16450 m at 335°: Presa Desengaño (fishing); 17000 m at 343°: Sitio de pesca (fishing); 17640 m at 53°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 17670 m at 29°: Cayo Raya (cay).

Cayos Broqueles: on and around

Within 15 km: 18 farms & plantations, 10 schools, 8 guest houses & hostels, 7 factories & works, 6 stations & terminals, 6 places of worship, 5 banks & exchange, 5 government & embassies, 5 stores & supermarkets, 5 clinics & polyclinics.

8600 m at 16°: Antilla (stations & terminals); 8950 m at 269°: Herrera (stations & terminals); 8960 m at 17°: Omar Silot (guest houses & hostels); 9040 m at 18°: Cancha (stadiums & sport); 9800 m at 31°: Campismo Popular Barrancones (camp sites); 9860 m at 151°: Casa Juan Vicente (guest houses & hostels); 10120 m at 21°: casa de Lisi (guest houses & hostels); 11650 m at 95°: Paladar Doña Juana (Rafelito) (cuban cuisine & lechón); 11720 m at 79°: Guatemala (stations & terminals); 12480 m at 87°: Estadio de Béisbol de Guatemala (stadiums & sport); 12700 m at 87°: Campo de Fútbol Guatemala (stadiums & sport); 13490 m at 17°: Campismo Popular Antillita (camp sites); 13820 m at 136°: Casa de Cultura (theatres & arts).

Cayos Broqueles: marine life records

22 records of 15 species within 10 km, 1911 to 2026: 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 4 fish, 4 molluscs, 3 marine mammals, 1 crustaceans. That is 7.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Elops saurus, 2 (fish); Eoacmaea pustulata, 2 (molluscs); Rynchops niger, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ziphius cavirostris, 1 (marine mammals); Sphoeroides testudineus, 1 (fish); Coenobita clypeatus, 1 (crustaceans); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs); Globicephala macrorhynchus, 1 (marine mammals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 1, Mar 2.

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

Cayos Broqueles: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.