Cays & islands · Pinar del Río
Cayuelo Triste
Cayuelo Triste is a cay at 21°53′42″N 84°53′17″W in Pinar del Río province.
Cayuelo Triste: coast and water
1080 m at 104°: Punta Cayo Pancho (point); 4220 m at 306°: Punta Cajón (point); 4690 m at 277°: Punta de la Sorda (point); 4890 m at 281°: Playa las Tumbas (beach); 5710 m at 58°: Pasa La Majagua (inlet); 6680 m at 250°: Playa El Francés (beach); 7200 m at 245°: Faro de Roncali (lighthouse); 7460 m at 242°: Cabo de San Antonio (cape).
Cayuelo Triste: islands
350 m at 304°: Cayuelo Los Pájaros (island); 1550 m at 96°: Cayo Pancho (island); 3280 m at 42°: Cayos Los Rebellinos (island group); 3980 m at 82°: Cayo Liborio (island); 4620 m at 58°: Los Cayitos (island group); 5800 m at 43°: Cayo de La Leña (island); 7140 m at 58°: Cayos de la Leña (island group); 7660 m at 62°: Cayo Punta Afuera (island); 44010 m at 71°: Cayo Espíritu Santo (island); 57400 m at 54°: Cayo Zapato (island); 58780 m at 57°: Cayo San Francisco (island); 58920 m at 55°: Cayo Montano (island).
Cayuelo Triste: inland
3170 m at 283°: La Caridad (locality); 4980 m at 274°: Villa Cabo De San Antonio (hotel); 5800 m at 103°: La Sierra (settlement); 7210 m at 244°: Roncali (settlement); 15990 m at 88°: San Rafael (locality); 16030 m at 95°: Loca del Medio (locality).
Cayuelo Triste: distances
14610 m at 159°: Cuban underwater city; 16240 m at 99°: Playa La Barca; 21760 m at 89°: Playa el Perjucio; 217260 m at 91°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 251220 m at 61°: Port of Mariel (port); 7100 m at 246°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Protected: 21660 m at 95°: Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes; 26630 m at 88°: Reserva de Biosfera Guanahacabibes; 35330 m at 89°: Península de Guanahacabibes.
Cayuelo Triste: close by
350 m at 304°: Cayuelo Los Pájaros (cay); 1550 m at 96°: Cayo Pancho (cay); 3280 m at 43°: Cayos Los Rebellinos (island group); 3980 m at 82°: Cayo Liborio (cay); 4620 m at 58°: Los Cayitos (island group); 5810 m at 43°: Cayo de La Leña (cay); 7140 m at 58°: Cayos de la Leña (island group); 7650 m at 62°: Cayo Punta Afuera (cay); 8840 m at 77°: Cayo San Juán (cay).
Cayuelo Triste: on and around
Within 15 km: 2 attractions, 1 marinas, 1 fuel stations, 1 peaks & volcanoes, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 guest houses & hostels.
2060 m at 286°: Marina Cabo San Antonio (marinas); 3030 m at 259°: Loma del Roble (peaks & volcanoes); 3880 m at 236°: Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes: Reserva de Biosfera Península de Guanahacabibes (urban parks & plazas); 5880 m at 260°: Playa El Francés (attractions); 7240 m at 243°: Casa del Leñador (guest houses & hostels); 13740 m at 126°: Playa El Holandés (attractions).
Cayuelo Triste: marine life records
446 records of 155 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2025: 229 sponges, 134 molluscs, 42 corals, 18 seabirds and shorebirds, 11 other, 4 crustaceans, 4 fish, 4 seagrass and algae. That is 142.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 47 (sponges); Agelas sceptrum, 25 (sponges); Agelas citrina, 19 (sponges); Spirastrella hartmani, 18 (sponges); Agelas dilatata, 16 (sponges); Iciligorgia schrammi, 16 (corals); Plexauridae, 12 (corals); Agelas wiedenmayeri, 11 (sponges); Xestospongia, 9 (sponges); Coelocarteria bartschi, 8 (sponges); Agelas, 8 (sponges); Plakortis, 7 (other).
Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 1, Mar 1, Dec 2.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayuelo Triste: notes
Land only where a guide allows it.
Getting to Cayuelo Triste
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Roncali stands about 7.2 km away.
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.