Diving & reefs · Ciego de Ávila
Cabezo de la Cana
Cabezo de la Cana is a reef at 21°16′23″N 78°41′24″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cabezo de la Cana: coast and water
14930 m at 195°: Canal de Orejón (channel); 15780 m at 85°: Punta Blanca (point); 16520 m at 58°: Punta Remate (point); 17270 m at 91°: Punta Manzanillo (point); 18170 m at 50°: Estero la Jatía (inlet); 18340 m at 110°: Punta Desempeño (point); 21490 m at 312°: Cabezo Gruñidor (shoal); 21970 m at 77°: La Victoria (estuary); 22440 m at 73°: Sao Guanana (estuary); 24230 m at 22°: Punta Juanita (point); 24440 m at 125°: Playa Los Caneyes (beach); 25420 m at 130°: Punta Potrerillo (point); 25590 m at 307°: Cabezo Seco de Flamenco (shoal); 27070 m at 14°: Estero de Santa Ana (estuary).
Cabezo de la Cana: islands
10370 m at 158°: Cayo Santa María (island); 17640 m at 335°: Cayo Punta de los Machos (island); 17840 m at 318°: Cayo la Loma (island); 18530 m at 316°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 19220 m at 337°: Cayo Tío Joaquín (island); 20900 m at 343°: Cayo Caoba (island); 25650 m at 342°: Cayo La Gloria (island); 28960 m at 325°: Cayo Flamenco (island).
Cabezo de la Cana: inland
18780 m at 52°: Mosquito (stream); 19400 m at 41°: Playa Florida (settlement); 19630 m at 71°: Las Yeguas (stream); 21310 m at 112°: Caney de José Antonio (locality).
Cabezo de la Cana: distances
19610 m at 40°: Playa Santa María; 45970 m at 8°: Baraguá; 49660 m at 355°: Jagüeyal; 88720 m at 79°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 151210 m at 78°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 145020 m at 292°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Cabezo de la Cana: close by
7220 m at 332°: Arrecife La Piedra de Punta Arena (reef); 10370 m at 158°: Cayo Santa María (cay); 11100 m at 200°: Cabezo Orejón (reef); 16630 m at 323°: Cayo La Cana (cay); 17150 m at 89°: Cayo Miguelito (cay); 17160 m at 314°: Cayo Arenas (cay); 17630 m at 335°: Cayo Punta de los Machos (cay); 17840 m at 318°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 18540 m at 316°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 19220 m at 337°: Cayo Tío Joaquín (cay); 19520 m at 189°: Cayo Algodón Grande (cay); 20900 m at 343°: Cayo Caoba (cay).
Cabezo de la Cana: on and around
Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.
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Cabezo de la Cana: marine life records
7 records of 7 species within 10 km, 1937 to 1937: 7 molluscs. That is 2.2 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Cittarium pica, 1 (molluscs); Nitidella nitida, 1 (molluscs); Vasula deltoidea, 1 (molluscs); Probata barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Niveria quadripunctata, 1 (molluscs); Bulla striata, 1 (molluscs); Acar domingensis, 1 (molluscs).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cabezo de la Cana: notes
Protected waters have their own rules.
Getting to Cabezo de la Cana
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Santa María stands about 11 km away.
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.