Diving & reefs · Granma
Banco Orejón Grande
Banco Orejón Grande is a reef at 20°06′18″N 77°40′35″W in Granma province.
Banco Orejón Grande: coast and water
3860 m at 188°: Banco Orejoncito (shoal); 4300 m at 152°: Banco Hierba (shoal); 6030 m at 162°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 6920 m at 8°: Médano de Palomino (shoal); 6950 m at 147°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 9420 m at 114°: Bajo Damián (reef); 9730 m at 93°: Canal de Balandras (channel); 11770 m at 157°: Bahía Guanito (cove); 13180 m at 167°: Punta Antón (point); 15590 m at 189°: Banco Ravena (reef); 18380 m at 182°: Ensenada Guano (bay); 18890 m at 204°: Colorados de Fuera (shoal); 19570 m at 192°: Colorados de Tierra (shoal); 22170 m at 77°: Punta Manacal (point).
Banco Orejón Grande: islands
5230 m at 25°: Cayo Palomino (island); 6630 m at 99°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 7810 m at 95°: Cayo Antonia (island); 8500 m at 102°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 8590 m at 148°: Cayos Azuagas (island group); 9280 m at 125°: Cayo Niquero (island); 10610 m at 114°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 13280 m at 172°: Cayo Los Limones (island group).
Banco Orejón Grande: inland
10840 m at 139°: Arroyo Cachón (stream); 11410 m at 145°: El Espigón (locality); 11480 m at 122°: Roberto Ramírez (sugar mill); 12750 m at 154°: Coloraditas (locality).
Banco Orejón Grande: distances
12110 m at 122°: Niquero; 16440 m at 173°: Belic; 19120 m at 182°: Playa las Coloradas; 64740 m at 72°: Sierra Maestra International Airport ; 166390 m at 15°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 188380 m at 94°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).
Protected: 29720 m at 147°: Parque Nacional Desembarco del Granma.
Banco Orejón Grande: close by
3030 m at 65°: Bancos de Cayo Huevo (reef); 4840 m at 97°: Cuatro Canalizos (island group); 4870 m at 30°: Cayo Pajáros (cay); 5230 m at 25°: Cayo Palomino (cay); 6030 m at 162°: Banco Azuaga (reef); 6060 m at 97°: Cayo Huevo (cay); 6630 m at 99°: Cayos Balandias (island group); 6950 m at 147°: Cabeza de Azuaga (reef); 7810 m at 95°: Cayo Antonia (cay); 7990 m at 94°: Cayo Cocos (cay); 8510 m at 102°: Cayos Piraguas (island group); 8590 m at 148°: Cayos Azuagas (island group).
Banco Orejón Grande: on and around
Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 5 schools, 4 factories & works, 3 banks & exchange, 2 fuel stations, 2 farms & plantations, 1 theatres & arts, 1 places of worship, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 historic & heritage.
11460 m at 123°: Casa Danelis Garcia (guest houses & hostels); 11470 m at 124°: Cine Sierra Maestra (theatres & arts); 11480 m at 123°: Casa Dareli (guest houses & hostels); 11530 m at 124°: Parque Céspedes (urban parks & plazas); 11590 m at 124°: Casa Paraíso Azul (guest houses & hostels); 11680 m at 126°: Train (historic & heritage); 12080 m at 124°: Estadio Tirso Hidalgo (stadiums & sport); 12280 m at 121°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals).
Banco Orejón Grande: marine life records
2 records of 1 species within 10 km, 2007 to 2010: 2 fish. That is 0.6 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pterois, 2 (fish).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Banco Orejón Grande: notes
Dive within your certification and never touch coral.
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.