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