Diving & reefs · Ciego de Ávila
Cabezo Orejón
Cabezo Orejón is a reef at 21°10′46″N 78°43′38″W in Ciego de Ávila province.
Cabezo Orejón: coast and water
16810 m at 2°: Arrecife La Piedra de Punta Arena (reef); 19690 m at 222°: Canal del Mégano (channel); 23610 m at 341°: Canal La Cana (channel); 24140 m at 99°: Playa Los Caneyes (beach); 24170 m at 55°: Boca Chica (inlet); 24650 m at 289°: Canal Paloma (channel); 25210 m at 100°: Estero Manatí (estuary); 26000 m at 106°: Laguna de Potrerillo (lagoon); 26190 m at 43°: Punta Remate (point); 28700 m at 343°: Bajo Balandros (shoal); 28790 m at 93°: Santa Clara (estuary); 29530 m at 59°: La Victoria (estuary); 29570 m at 280°: Bajo Nordeste Paloma (shoal); 30610 m at 327°: Cabezo Seco de Flamenco (shoal).
Cabezo Orejón: islands
15040 m at 197°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 17520 m at 217°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 25060 m at 341°: Cayo la Loma (island); 25310 m at 204°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 25700 m at 244°: Cayo Cuervo (island); 32160 m at 352°: Cayo Ripiado (island); 34180 m at 180°: Cayo Mégano de Cucaracha (island); 34240 m at 342°: Cayo Guásimas (island).
Cabezo Orejón: inland
24860 m at 72°: Río Altamira (stream); 27880 m at 47°: Río Muñoz (stream); 28730 m at 39°: Palmar la Jatía (locality); 28760 m at 76°: Judas (stream).
Cabezo Orejón: distances
30300 m at 33°: Playa Santa María; 56870 m at 11°: Baraguá; 59230 m at 80°: La Clarita; 94930 m at 73°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 157430 m at 75°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 145720 m at 296°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).
Protected: 33420 m at 210°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.
Cabezo Orejón: close by
7860 m at 84°: Cayo Santa María (cay); 8890 m at 175°: Cayo Algodón Grande (cay); 11100 m at 20°: Cabezo de la Cana (reef); 15040 m at 197°: Cayo Algodoncito (cay); 16810 m at 2°: Arrecife La Piedra de Punta Arena (reef); 17520 m at 217°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 23280 m at 176°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 23600 m at 63°: Cayo Miguelito (cay); 23830 m at 339°: Cayo Arenas (cay); 24470 m at 345°: Cayo La Cana (cay).
Cabezo Orejón: on and around
Within 15 km: 5 coral reefs.
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Cabezo Orejón: 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 Orejón: notes
Protected waters have their own rules.
Getting to Cabezo Orejón
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Santa María stands about 7.7 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.