Cayuelo de Gandón

Cayuelo de Gandón: coast and water

2670 m at 202°: Punta de Chibolo (point); 3800 m at 160°: Bajos del Esponjal (shoal); 5050 m at 148°: Punta Playa de Muertos (point); 7300 m at 148°: Punta de Pargo (point); 8060 m at 130°: Playa del Esquivel (beach); 8840 m at 190°: Ensenada Rincón del Infierno (cove); 10680 m at 138°: Punta La Gata (point); 10810 m at 253°: Bahía de Filipinas (bay).

Cayuelo de Gandón: islands

410 m at 94°: Cayo Arbolito (island); 5130 m at 121°: Cayo Hicacal (island); 7870 m at 183°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 10750 m at 167°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 10840 m at 112°: Cayuelo del Cristo (island); 12510 m at 270°: Cayo Cuaba (island); 13050 m at 256°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 13050 m at 205°: Cayo Cuadrado (island); 13250 m at 129°: Cayo Iguana (island); 14520 m at 221°: Cayo La Chiva (island); 15310 m at 190°: Cayo Punta Rosas (island); 16290 m at 200°: Cayo Pelón (island).

Cayuelo de Gandón: inland

12370 m at 94°: Guaicanamar (locality); 18430 m at 130°: Las Miravillas (settlement); 20580 m at 147°: Sagua la Grande (stream); 21290 m at 174°: Roldán (locality); 22080 m at 187°: Pancho Pérez (settlement); 23360 m at 171°: San Jorge (locality).

Cayuelo de Gandón: distances

19640 m at 153°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 20130 m at 147°: Isabela de Sagua; 21690 m at 207°: Playa de Durán; 68980 m at 165°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109600 m at 197°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 103710 m at 275°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 29600 m at 185°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayuelo de Gandón: close by

410 m at 94°: Cayo Arbolito (cay); 880 m at 272°: Cayos Gandón (island group); 3560 m at 229°: Cayo Empalizada de Sotavento (cay); 4140 m at 230°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 5130 m at 121°: Cayo Hicacal (cay); 5810 m at 118°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (cay); 6450 m at 132°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 7440 m at 131°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 7870 m at 183°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 8160 m at 158°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 8650 m at 215°: Cayo El Barbero (cay); 8680 m at 282°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (cay).

Cayuelo de Gandón: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayuelo de Gandón: marine life records

679 records of 117 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2001: 458 fish, 203 corals, 10 crustaceans, 3 echinoderms, 3 sharks and rays, 2 molluscs. That is 216.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 36 (fish); Millepora complanata, 36 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 32 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 30 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 29 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 26 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 25 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 24 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 24 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 23 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 22 (fish); Acropora palmata, 21 (corals).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 2, Dec 1.

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

Cayuelo de Gandón: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayuelo de Gandón

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 15 km away.