Las Picuas

Las Picuas: coast and water

1990 m at 212°: Laguna de Piedra (lagoon); 3890 m at 108°: Punta del Infierno (point); 4460 m at 90°: Ensenada Rincón del Infierno (cove); 7990 m at 38°: Punta de Chibolo (point); 8320 m at 146°: Estero de Bamba (inlet); 8820 m at 28°: La Canaleja (channel); 9010 m at 194°: Punta de Fernández (point); 9390 m at 137°: Ensenada de Obia (cove).

Las Picuas: islands

5510 m at 153°: Cayo Las Glorias (island); 6580 m at 177°: Cayo Pelón (island); 6690 m at 24°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 7090 m at 153°: Cayo Punta Rosas (island); 8570 m at 102°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 8740 m at 310°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 10780 m at 346°: Cayo Piedra del Obispo (island); 10790 m at 36°: Cayo Arbolito (island); 10910 m at 323°: Cayo Cuaba (island); 11090 m at 291°: Cayo Partido (island); 11380 m at 220°: Cayo Corrales (island); 12050 m at 59°: Cayo Hicacal (island).

Las Picuas: inland

11160 m at 159°: Laguna el Limpio (pond); 12510 m at 174°: Pozo de Lima (locality); 13530 m at 167°: Pancho Pérez (settlement); 14310 m at 182°: San Manuel (locality); 14610 m at 168°: Durán (locality); 14840 m at 147°: Roldán (locality).

Las Picuas: distances

11280 m at 200°: Playa de Durán; 17280 m at 120°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 18840 m at 115°: Isabela de Sagua; 62650 m at 157°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 99520 m at 196°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 98890 m at 280°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 21090 m at 170°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Las Picuas: close by

1930 m at 32°: Cayo El Barbero (cay); 2900 m at 79°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (cay); 3110 m at 172°: Cayo Cuadrado (cay); 4210 m at 238°: Cayo La Chiva (cay); 4800 m at 304°: Los Conucos (cay); 5500 m at 153°: Cayo Las Glorias (cay); 5560 m at 81°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 6130 m at 231°: Cayo Las Toninas (cay); 6470 m at 166°: Cayo Veloz (cay); 6580 m at 177°: Cayo Pelón (cay); 6690 m at 24°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 6840 m at 133°: Cayo Bamba (cay).

Las Picuas: marine life records

297 records of 67 species within 10 km, 1969 to 2005: 189 fish, 84 corals, 23 marine mammals, 1 sharks and rays. That is 94.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tursiops truncatus, 23 (marine mammals); Acropora palmata, 18 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 16 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 15 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 14 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 14 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 13 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 12 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 10 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 9 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 8 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 23.

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

Las Picuas: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.