Diving & reefs · Las Tunas

Bajo Paticombito

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

Bajo Paticombito is a reef at 20°33′19″N 77°29′02″W in Las Tunas province.

GPS 20.55528, -77.4838920°33′19″N 77°29′02″W

Bajo Paticombito: coast and water

14560 m at 15°: Punta Tana (point); 16100 m at 337°: Estero la Tollosa (inlet); 18060 m at 27°: Playa Habanero (beach); 19070 m at 274°: Banco Víbora (bank); 20190 m at 317°: Punta Guayabal (point); 20830 m at 246°: Canal de Bajo del Palo (channel); 22720 m at 38°: Estero de Sotaburen (marsh); 22750 m at 18°: Fundo Las Ciegas (estuary); 24360 m at 91°: Punta Mojacasabe (point); 24550 m at 83°: Paso Presto (channel); 24950 m at 85°: Punta Remalzo (point); 25010 m at 67°: Punta Birama (point); 26780 m at 72°: Ensenada Birama (bay); 27270 m at 224°: Canal del Bajo (channel).

Wider satellite view around Bajo Paticombito
Bajo Paticombito, wider

Bajo Paticombito: islands

9900 m at 26°: Cayos de Sevillas (island group); 16550 m at 254°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 19250 m at 315°: Cayo Romero (island); 20510 m at 70°: Cayo Tamayo (island); 23030 m at 307°: Cayo Gloria (island); 23300 m at 305°: Cayo Purgatorio (island); 26160 m at 299°: Cayo Maltés (island); 29690 m at 297°: Cayo Cocos (island).

Bajo Paticombito: inland

16180 m at 354°: Chirimía (locality); 16850 m at 24°: Río Tana (stream); 18030 m at 27°: Playa Habanero (settlement); 19870 m at 355°: Guanibacoa (locality).

Bajo Paticombito: distances

18060 m at 27°: Playa Habanero; 19800 m at 321°: Guayabal; 21700 m at 34°: Salinas La Toma; 50840 m at 126°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 113020 m at 12°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 179390 m at 111°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 32620 m at 90°: Refugio de Fauna Delta del Cauto.

Bajo Paticombito: close by

9070 m at 106°: Banco de Santa Clara (reef); 9900 m at 26°: Cayos de Sevillas (island group); 12350 m at 88°: Banco de Chachorro (reef); 16540 m at 254°: Cayo Rabihorcado (cay); 19250 m at 315°: Cayo Romero (cay); 20500 m at 70°: Cayo Tamayo (cay); 20880 m at 97°: Médano de Cauto (reef); 23030 m at 307°: Cayo Gloria (cay); 23300 m at 305°: Cayo Purgatorio (cay).

Bajo Paticombito: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.

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Bajo Paticombito: marine life records

2 records of 2 species within 10 km, 1872 to 2012: 1 turtles, 1 marine mammals. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Chelonia mydas, 1 (turtles); Orcinus orca, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Bajo Paticombito: 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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