Diving & reefs · Granma

Bajo Damián

Satellite view of Bajo Damián, Cuba
Bajo Damián (Esri, Maxar)

Bajo Damián is a reef at 20°04′12″N 77°35′39″W in Granma province.

GPS 20.07000, -77.5941720°04′12″N 77°35′39″W

Bajo Damián: coast and water

1330 m at 26°: Punta Hicaco (point); 1350 m at 349°: Bajo Atravesada (shoal); 2280 m at 200°: Punta de Niquero (point); 3230 m at 63°: Punta Bote (point); 5740 m at 211°: Punta Coloraditas (point); 6910 m at 255°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 7960 m at 210°: Bahía Guanito (cove); 8230 m at 210°: Punta Cachón (point); 9280 m at 69°: Punta Cuchillo (point); 9420 m at 294°: Banco Orejón Grande (reef); 10340 m at 313°: Banco Palomino (shoal); 12190 m at 212°: Punta Limones (point); 13520 m at 235°: Banco Limones (shoal); 13840 m at 211°: Puerto de Belic (cove).

Wider satellite view around Bajo Damián
Bajo Damián, wider

Bajo Damián: islands

1190 m at 108°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 2290 m at 19°: Cayo Piragua (island); 3320 m at 346°: Cayo Antonia (island); 3390 m at 350°: Cayo Cocos (island); 4040 m at 321°: Cayo Huevo (island); 5020 m at 311°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 5260 m at 230°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 10740 m at 324°: Cayo Palomino (island).

Bajo Damián: inland

2500 m at 153°: Roberto Ramírez (sugar mill); 3040 m at 152°: Niquero (town); 4390 m at 129°: Guaimaral (settlement); 5850 m at 201°: El Espigón (locality).

Bajo Damián: distances

3040 m at 146°: Niquero; 14070 m at 208°: Belic; 17830 m at 212°: Playa las Coloradas; 58200 m at 65°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 168190 m at 12°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 179580 m at 93°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 22360 m at 160°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.

Bajo Damián: close by

1190 m at 108°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 1690 m at 215°: Cayo Niquero (cay); 2120 m at 353°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 2290 m at 19°: Cayo Piragua (cay); 3320 m at 346°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 3390 m at 350°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 3490 m at 324°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 4040 m at 321°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 5020 m at 311°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 5190 m at 248°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 5250 m at 230°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 6910 m at 255°: Banco Azuaga (reef).

Bajo Damián: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 6 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 1 places of worship, 1 theatres & arts, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 sugar mills & refineries.

2550 m at 156°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 2570 m at 156°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 2650 m at 159°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 2690 m at 157°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 2780 m at 158°: Casa Paraíso Azul (guest houses & hostels); 3040 m at 162°: Train (historic & heritage); 3150 m at 143°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 3170 m at 152°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 10360 m at 97°: Quarry (mines & quarries).

Bajo Damián: marine life records

4 records of 4 species within 10 km, 1928 to 2024: 2 molluscs, 1 fish, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 1.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 1 (fish); Sula sula, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Agathistoma hotessierianum, 1 (molluscs); Agathistoma fasciatum, 1 (molluscs).

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

Bajo Damián: notes

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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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