Diving & reefs · Cienfuegos

Las Lavanderas

Satellite view of Las Lavanderas, Cuba
Las Lavanderas (Esri, Maxar)

Las Lavanderas is a reef at 22°00′39″N 81°19′59″W in Cienfuegos province.

GPS 22.01083, -81.3330622°00′39″N 81°19′59″W

Las Lavanderas: coast and water

3290 m at 350°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove); 16360 m at 59°: Punta Migote del Padre (point); 18830 m at 44°: Punta Las Navajas (point); 19710 m at 41°: Playa Los Cocos (beach); 23720 m at 319°: Punta de Macurije (point); 25480 m at 54°: Punta Cupey (point); 26030 m at 304°: Ensenada de Cazones (bay); 26970 m at 73°: Punta Oriental (point); 27250 m at 30°: Punta Guaníval (point); 29490 m at 310°: Estero la Vaca (cove); 30080 m at 42°: Caletón Rosario (cove); 32470 m at 23°: Caleta Ventura (cove); 33380 m at 28°: Playa Máquina (beach); 33590 m at 81°: Playa Morena (beach).

Wider satellite view around Las Lavanderas
Las Lavanderas, wider

Las Lavanderas: islands

3680 m at 52°: Cayo Blanco (island); 11580 m at 50°: Cayo Borracho (island); 11860 m at 327°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 15920 m at 213°: Cayo Sigua (island); 22760 m at 103°: Cayo Piedras (island); 24320 m at 284°: Cayo Diego Pérez (island); 37290 m at 268°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 43730 m at 30°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group).

Las Lavanderas: inland

21580 m at 347°: Laguna de los Pájaros (pond); 21830 m at 7°: Guamutal (locality); 22710 m at 22°: Cazones (locality); 25540 m at 1°: San Lázaro (locality).

Las Lavanderas: distances

19710 m at 41°: Playa Los Cocos; 31510 m at 79°: Playa Girón; 32580 m at 22°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 49050 m at 207°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 93310 m at 80°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 50510 m at 209°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 37040 m at 303°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Las Lavanderas: close by

3680 m at 52°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 5920 m at 287°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 7340 m at 290°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 8230 m at 68°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 11380 m at 70°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 11580 m at 49°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 11860 m at 327°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 14660 m at 46°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 15600 m at 34°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 15920 m at 213°: Cayo Sigua (cay); 16700 m at 301°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 17450 m at 172°: Cayo Blanco (cay).

Las Lavanderas: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 attractions, 1 coral reefs, 1 historic & heritage.

12330 m at 26°: Las Salinas (attractions); 13630 m at 296°: Ernst-Thälmann-Büste (historic & heritage).

Las Lavanderas: marine life records

13 records of 11 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2019: 7 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 corals, 2 fish, 1 echinoderms. That is 4.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Labyrinthocyathus langae, 2 (corals); Egretta rufescens, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cyclothone braueri, 1 (fish); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Megaceryle alcyon, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Fregata magnificens, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Albula vulpes, 1 (fish); Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) berteriana, 1 (corals); Egretta tricolor, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ophiozonella nivea, 1 (echinoderms).

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

Las Lavanderas: 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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