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Arrecife Juan Claro

Satellite view of Arrecife Juan Claro, Cuba
Arrecife Juan Claro (Esri, Maxar)

Arrecife Juan Claro is a reef at 23°13′54″N 80°38′22″W in Matanzas province.

GPS 23.23169, -80.6395823°13′54″N 80°38′22″W

Arrecife Juan Claro: coast and water

1320 m at 63°: Quebrado El Almirante (channel); 3330 m at 79°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 7620 m at 182°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 8640 m at 131°: Canal Blanca (channel); 11640 m at 167°: Canalizo de Limones (channel); 11840 m at 164°: Paso de Sánchez (channel); 13820 m at 118°: Canalizo La Cuberita (channel); 15160 m at 179°: Canalizo Faría (channel); 15530 m at 259°: Canalizo La Empalizada (channel); 16760 m at 104°: Boca Ciega (channel); 18270 m at 211°: Ensenada de Molino (cove); 19290 m at 245°: Ensenada de la Sevilla (cove); 19730 m at 249°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 19990 m at 214°: Lagunas Empalizada (marsh).

Wider satellite view around Arrecife Juan Claro
Arrecife Juan Claro, wider

Arrecife Juan Claro: islands

7530 m at 192°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 14400 m at 173°: Cayo Negro (island); 14660 m at 239°: Cayo Largo (island); 16440 m at 237°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 20080 m at 255°: Cayo Cedro (island); 20090 m at 136°: Cayo Esponja (island); 22190 m at 257°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 22850 m at 115°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group).

Arrecife Juan Claro: inland

20390 m at 216°: Lagunitas (locality); 20540 m at 165°: Río Cañas (stream); 21310 m at 173°: Baños de Elguea (resort); 22230 m at 176°: Río Chiquito (hamlet).

Arrecife Juan Claro: distances

19320 m at 213°: Salinas Bidos; 22060 m at 219°: Salinas La Teja; 27020 m at 228°: Playa Musulmanes; 84270 m at 255°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 97260 m at 258°: Port of Matanzas (port); 50940 m at 261°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 37410 m at 273°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo.

Arrecife Juan Claro: close by

1900 m at 187°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 3340 m at 79°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 4620 m at 93°: Arrecife La Corona (reef); 5280 m at 120°: Cayo Cabezos (cay); 7530 m at 192°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 7680 m at 268°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 7700 m at 219°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 8470 m at 241°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 9210 m at 108°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 9270 m at 246°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 9580 m at 271°: Las Coloradas (reef); 10230 m at 251°: Cayo Ranas (cay).

Arrecife Juan Claro: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Arrecife Juan Claro: marine life records

250 records of 52 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 160 fish, 90 corals. That is 79.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 22 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 13 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 13 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 11 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 8 (corals).

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

Arrecife Juan Claro: notes

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

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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.

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