Arrecife de Nicolao

Arrecife de Nicolao: coast and water

11520 m at 225°: Boca Falcones (channel); 12600 m at 247°: Bahía de Cádiz (bay); 13330 m at 152°: Canalizo El Hacha (channel); 14780 m at 132°: Punta Sardines (point); 16060 m at 133°: La Llama (channel); 19070 m at 252°: Canalizo Soriano (channel); 21800 m at 259°: Canalizo El Pino (channel); 24430 m at 261°: Canal La Palometa (channel); 25250 m at 126°: Paso del Obispo (channel); 25310 m at 139°: Bahía de Filipinas (bay); 26160 m at 269°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 26260 m at 244°: Canalizo de Limones (channel); 27270 m at 127°: Canalizo Bachicha (channel); 27610 m at 253°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon).

Arrecife de Nicolao: islands

14000 m at 176°: Cayo Cera (island); 15090 m at 180°: Cayo Barco Perdido (island); 16520 m at 140°: Cayo La Yana (island); 18690 m at 191°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 19150 m at 123°: Cayo Verde (island); 19500 m at 169°: Cayo Picheles (island); 20010 m at 183°: Cayo Redondo (island); 20600 m at 151°: Cayo Alto (island).

Arrecife de Nicolao: inland

28990 m at 226°: Río Cañas (stream); 29950 m at 202°: Río Sierra Morena (stream).

Arrecife de Nicolao: distances

29830 m at 198°: Playa La Fe; 32980 m at 176°: Salinas del Jatal; 34340 m at 217°: Corralillo; 94020 m at 151°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 120670 m at 183°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 76930 m at 264°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Arrecife de Nicolao: close by

3270 m at 153°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 5920 m at 99°: Arrecife Mégano de Nicolao (reef); 9950 m at 196°: Cayo Blanquizal (cay); 10690 m at 251°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay); 11150 m at 209°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 11320 m at 192°: Cayo Basura (cay); 11600 m at 166°: Cayo Alcatraces (cay); 12890 m at 240°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 13350 m at 209°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 14000 m at 176°: Cayo Cera (cay); 14290 m at 114°: Arrecife Mégano Chico (reef); 15080 m at 180°: Cayo Barco Perdido (cay).

Arrecife de Nicolao: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Arrecife de Nicolao: marine life records

264 records of 57 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2001: 149 fish, 114 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 84.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 24 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 19 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 18 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 10 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 8 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 8 (fish); Lutjanus griseus, 7 (fish).

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

Arrecife de Nicolao: notes

A reef on a gazetteer is not always a dive site.

Getting to Arrecife de Nicolao

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 11 km away.