Diving & reefs · Matanzas
Las Coloradas
Las Coloradas is a reef at 23°13′59″N 80°43′59″W in Matanzas province.
Las Coloradas: coast and water
1950 m at 103°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 4050 m at 189°: Canalizo Punta Arenas (channel); 8750 m at 238°: Torrentera de Cayo Cedro (channel); 11380 m at 231°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 11470 m at 224°: Ensenada de la Sevilla (cove); 12120 m at 130°: Lagunato Blanco (lagoon); 12160 m at 107°: Canal La Palometa (channel); 14440 m at 280°: Punta Galindo (point); 15110 m at 235°: Laguna del Ferrol (lagoon); 15130 m at 221°: Estero de Huevo Frito (lagoon); 15750 m at 275°: Canal Melón (channel); 17140 m at 110°: Canal Blanca (channel); 17170 m at 195°: Punta de la Teja (point); 17400 m at 239°: Punta El Factor (point).
Las Coloradas: islands
4750 m at 153°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 8280 m at 201°: Cayo Largo (island); 9580 m at 102°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 12580 m at 265°: Cayo Boca Rompida (island); 13120 m at 246°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 14420 m at 274°: Cayo Galindo (island); 17200 m at 145°: Cayo Coco (island); 18400 m at 142°: Cayo Negro (island).
Las Coloradas: inland
16930 m at 188°: Lagunitas (locality); 18530 m at 180°: Los Alemanes (locality); 19180 m at 169°: Monte La Barranca (locality); 20320 m at 193°: Bolaños (settlement).
Las Coloradas: distances
16400 m at 183°: Salinas Bidos; 17850 m at 194°: Salinas La Teja; 21010 m at 210°: Playa Musulmanes; 75110 m at 253°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 87940 m at 257°: Port of Matanzas (port); 41530 m at 259°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).
Protected: 27840 m at 273°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo.
Las Coloradas: close by
1950 m at 103°: Arrecife Las Lavanderas de Punta Arenas (reef); 3520 m at 181°: Cayo Ranas (cay); 4070 m at 164°: Cayo Punta Arenas (cay); 4750 m at 153°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 7720 m at 143°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 8280 m at 201°: Cayo Largo (cay); 9580 m at 91°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 9580 m at 102°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 10020 m at 205°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 10960 m at 206°: Cayo Portillo (cay); 10990 m at 133°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 11170 m at 242°: Cayo Cedro (cay).
Las Coloradas: on and around
Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs.
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Las Coloradas: marine life records
17 records of 14 species within 10 km, 1939 to 1939: 7 echinoderms, 6 corals, 2 fish, 1 molluscs, 1 sponges. That is 5.4 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Enallopsammia rostrata, 2 (corals); Keratoisididae, 2 (corals); Narella versluysi, 2 (corals); Cerithideopsis, 1 (molluscs); Ophiernus adspersus adspersus, 1 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiomusium eburneum, 1 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura metabula, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiacantha echinulata, 1 (echinoderms); Gadomus longifilis, 1 (fish); Ophiomusa lymani, 1 (echinoderms).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Las Coloradas: 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.