La Sarina

La Sarina: coast and water

1150 m at 51°: Estero el Españolito (estuary); 4950 m at 225°: Playa Santo Domingo (beach); 5180 m at 270°: Punta Coquitos (point); 6310 m at 230°: Playa Boca de Río (beach); 7540 m at 10°: Punta Uvero (point); 7600 m at 317°: La Boca (inlet); 7600 m at 317°: Punta Desgraciada (point); 7950 m at 316°: Punta la Boca (point); 8560 m at 320°: Punta Mastelero (point); 9040 m at 35°: Punta Herradura (point); 9720 m at 267°: Bahía de Puerto Padre (bay); 10370 m at 90°: Hacienda San José de las Nuevas (estuary); 12230 m at 279°: El Esterón (inlet); 12240 m at 57°: Playa la Genovesa (beach); 12450 m at 291°: Laguna La Güira (lagoon); 13200 m at 306°: Punta Arenas (point).

La Sarina: islands

790 m at 21°: Cayo Totí (island); 1140 m at 348°: Cayo Largo (island); 4210 m at 290°: Cayo Puerco (island); 6030 m at 283°: Cayo Juan Claro (island); 10980 m at 319°: Cayo Guincho (island).

La Sarina: inland

1720 m at 90°: Río Zanja (stream); 2520 m at 90°: Río de Mano (stream); 4730 m at 150°: Lasa Dos (hamlet); 4900 m at 220°: Cascarero (settlement); 6720 m at 238°: Río Santo Domingo (stream); 6750 m at 195°: Las Marías (settlement); 6940 m at 324°: Playa La Llanita (settlement); 7030 m at 157°: El Canal (settlement); 7070 m at 116°: El Yonce (settlement); 7150 m at 105°: Platanal (hamlet); 7320 m at 222°: La Cadena (settlement); 7610 m at 96°: Guayacán Cuatro (settlement).

La Sarina: distances

4950 m at 225°: Playa Santo Domingo; 5970 m at 174°: Jesús Menéndez; 6190 m at 174°: Chaparra; 51050 m at 160°: Frank Pais International Airport ; 87790 m at 118°: Port of Antilla (port); 151460 m at 155°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 26590 m at 95°: Reserva Ecológica Caletones.

La Sarina: close by

790 m at 21°: Cayo Totí (cay); 1140 m at 348°: Cayo Largo (cay); 4210 m at 289°: Cayo Puerco (cay); 6030 m at 283°: Cayo Juan Claro (cay); 10980 m at 319°: Cayo Guincho (cay); 19020 m at 302°: Cayo Barro (cay); 19040 m at 302°: Cayo Burro (cay); 21700 m at 290°: Cayo La Iguana (cay).

La Sarina: on and around

Within 15 km: 55 guest houses & hostels, 25 schools, 20 salt works, 20 stores & supermarkets, 16 garages & car services, 15 places of worship, 13 government & embassies, 12 clinics & polyclinics, 12 factories & works, 7 banks & exchange.

6000 m at 178°: Casa de Carlitos SIUM (guest houses & hostels); 6190 m at 174°: Cine "Moncada" (theatres & arts); 6280 m at 183°: Transporte Escolar (stations & terminals); 6330 m at 160°: Casa Inesita y famy (guest houses & hostels); 6420 m at 274°: Campamento de pioneros (camp sites); 6440 m at 174°: Chaparra (stations & terminals); 6620 m at 155°: Hacienda Ochoa and Family (guest houses & hostels); 6720 m at 177°: Estadio (stadiums & sport); 7350 m at 315°: Paladar El Estafador (cuban cuisine & lechón); 7370 m at 314°: Embarque Ferry (stations & terminals); 7470 m at 347°: Campismo Playa Corella (camp sites); 7950 m at 106°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 9260 m at 243°: Escultura a Antonio Guiteras Holmes (attractions).

La Sarina: marine life records

68 records of 54 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2021: 62 molluscs, 2 fish, 2 crustaceans, 1 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 21.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acanthopleura granulata, 4 (molluscs); Nerita versicolor, 4 (molluscs); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Caecidae, 2 (molluscs); Nerita tessellata, 2 (molluscs); Truncatella pulchella, 2 (molluscs); Haminoea elegans, 2 (molluscs); Lucinidae, 2 (molluscs); Stylommatophora, 2 (molluscs); Meioceras nitidum, 1 (molluscs); Nerita peloronta, 1 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 1 (molluscs).

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

La Sarina: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to La Sarina

• Navigation: the lighthouse El faro stands about 8.6 km away.