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Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas

Satellite view of Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas, Cuba
Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (Esri, Maxar)

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas is a reef at 23°13′46″N 80°42′53″W in Matanzas province.

GPS 23.22944, -80.7146923°13′46″N 80°42′53″W

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: coast and water

1950 m at 283°: Las Coloradas (reef); 4890 m at 170°: Canal de los Barcos (channel); 5470 m at 133°: Canal de Juan Claro (channel); 10430 m at 135°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 12590 m at 231°: Ensenada de la Sevilla (cove); 12690 m at 238°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 12970 m at 106°: Canalizo El Pino (channel); 13290 m at 255°: Laguna de Cayo Cedro (lagoon); 15430 m at 272°: Boca Rompida (channel); 16390 m at 280°: Punta Galindo (point); 16630 m at 99°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 16860 m at 152°: Canalizo Faría (channel); 17540 m at 101°: Punta Gorda (point); 17710 m at 271°: Canalizo Las Bocainas (channel).

Wider satellite view around Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas
Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas, wider

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: islands

3590 m at 193°: Cayo Punta Arenas (island); 8780 m at 214°: Cayo Largo (island); 11560 m at 215°: Cayo Portillo (island); 11770 m at 174°: Cayo Rioja (island); 12710 m at 248°: Cayo Cedro (island); 14460 m at 268°: Cayo Boca Rompida (island); 15820 m at 150°: Cayo Coco (island); 19040 m at 257°: Cayo Seboruco (island).

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: inland

16500 m at 196°: Meteoro (stream); 18160 m at 175°: Las Barrancas (locality); 18200 m at 186°: Los Alemanes (locality); 20680 m at 195°: Las Marías (hamlet).

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: distances

16200 m at 190°: Salinas Bidos; 18000 m at 200°: Salinas La Teja; 21680 m at 215°: Playa Musulmanes; 76810 m at 254°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 89700 m at 257°: Port of Matanzas (port); 43330 m at 260°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 29770 m at 274°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo.

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: close by

1950 m at 283°: Las Coloradas (reef); 3580 m at 193°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 3670 m at 213°: Cayo Ranas (cay); 3810 m at 176°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 6340 m at 154°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 7630 m at 102°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 7680 m at 88°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 8780 m at 214°: Cayo Largo (cay); 9360 m at 139°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 10610 m at 215°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 10990 m at 85°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 11550 m at 215°: Cayo Portillo (cay).

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.

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Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: marine life records

16 records of 13 species within 10 km, 1939 to 1939: 7 echinoderms, 6 corals, 2 fish, 1 sponges. That is 5.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Enallopsammia rostrata, 2 (corals); Keratoisididae, 2 (corals); Narella versluysi, 2 (corals); Ophiernus adspersus adspersus, 1 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiomusium eburneum, 1 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura metabula, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiacantha echinulata, 1 (echinoderms); Gadomus longifilis, 1 (fish); Ophiomusa lymani, 1 (echinoderms); Aphrocallistes, 1 (sponges).

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

Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas: notes

No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.

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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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