Delta el Carchero

Delta el Carchero: coast and water

1010 m at 162°: Albufera de Caobillas (cove); 1140 m at 185°: Punta Muerto (point); 1230 m at 115°: Ensenada de Guamá (bay); 2370 m at 136°: Punta de Caribe (point); 3440 m at 123°: Punta Santo Domingo (point); 4380 m at 85°: Laguna El Tesoro (lagoon); 5750 m at 92°: Punta San Francisco (point); 10260 m at 65°: Playa las Canas (beach); 10460 m at 260°: Bahía del Cayuelo (cove); 12160 m at 261°: Estero Cayuelo (estuary); 12330 m at 72°: Ensenada de la Coloma (bay); 13850 m at 81°: Punta Corral Falso (point); 13990 m at 73°: Punta de la Tía Juana (point).

Delta el Carchero: inland

2310 m at 347°: Río Guamá (stream); 4090 m at 335°: El Mulo (locality); 4090 m at 335°: El Almendro (locality); 4370 m at 355°: Arroyo Chorreón (stream); 5050 m at 43°: Caobillas (settlement); 5060 m at 317°: El Jobito (locality); 5060 m at 317°: Manguito (hamlet); 6330 m at 343°: Arroyo Zambumia (stream); 6530 m at 32°: San Francisco (locality); 6530 m at 328°: La Matilde (locality); 7310 m at 340°: Arroyo El Hatillo (stream); 7610 m at 13°: Tres Caminos (hamlet).

Delta el Carchero: distances

10260 m at 65°: Playa las Canas; 13020 m at 60°: La Coloma; 13960 m at 338°: La Maquina; 100510 m at 113°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 131250 m at 47°: Port of Mariel (port); 135260 m at 255°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Protected: 31240 m at 144°: Cayos de San Felipe; 35170 m at 256°: San Ubaldo Sabanalamar.

Delta el Carchero: close by

13050 m at 62°: Puerto Pesquero La Coloma (fishing); 13310 m at 60°: Muelle del Barco de la Isla (fishing); 22300 m at 268°: Puerto Pesquero Boca de Galafre (fishing); 22380 m at 268°: Puerto Pesquero Boca de Galafre (fishing); 22700 m at 166°: Cayo Juan García (cay); 22890 m at 157°: Cayo La Vigía (cay).

Delta el Carchero: on and around

Within 15 km: 5 power plants, 5 stores & supermarkets, 5 guest houses & hostels, 4 stadiums & sport, 4 schools, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 3 stations & terminals, 2 markets & malls, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 police & fire.

12780 m at 324°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 12810 m at 60°: Terreno de Fútbol Comunitario (stadiums & sport); 13020 m at 61°: Casa de Isora (guest houses & hostels); 13040 m at 60°: Barber Home (guest houses & hostels); 13070 m at 322°: Dpto de Dj. Darol (guest houses & hostels); 13230 m at 323°: Parque San Luis (urban parks & plazas); 13230 m at 323°: San Luis (attractions); 13240 m at 58°: Estadio La Coloma (stadiums & sport); 13250 m at 61°: Academia de Deportes Náuticos (stadiums & sport); 13270 m at 60°: Parque Coloma (urban parks & plazas); 13320 m at 60°: Muelle del Barco de la Isla (stations & terminals); 13360 m at 59°: Base de Pesca Deportiva (marinas); 14470 m at 320°: Paradero San Luis (stations & terminals).

Delta el Carchero: marine life records

20 records of 14 species within 10 km, 1984 to 2024: 16 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 seagrass and algae, 1 marine mammals, 1 other. That is 6.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tringa semipalmata, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa flavipes, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pluvialis squatarola, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta rufescens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sesuvium portulacastrum, 1 (seagrass and algae); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa melanoleuca, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Arenaria interpres, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 1 (seagrass and algae); Trichechus manatus, 1 (marine mammals); Actitis macularius, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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

Delta el Carchero: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Delta el Carchero

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro La Caloma stands about 13 km away.