María La Gorda

María La Gorda: coast and water

3010 m at 32°: Punta Aguirre (point); 4820 m at 214°: Fondeadero Corrientes (anchorage); 6640 m at 201°: Cabo Corrientes (cape); 7140 m at 190°: Caleta de las Cañas (cove); 7930 m at 9°: Meyers Anchorage (anchorage); 11390 m at 288°: Bahía de Corrientes (bay); 14350 m at 83°: Punta Fraile (point); 17640 m at 334°: Compañía Agrícola Guanahacabibes (estuary); 20860 m at 296°: Playa El Perjuicio (beach); 22050 m at 329°: Punta Carabela (point); 22750 m at 7°: Punta Calabazas (point); 22930 m at 318°: Laguna del Corcho (lagoon); 23210 m at 346°: Laguna de los Cobos (inlet); 23280 m at 11°: Ensenada Melones (bay); 23390 m at 26°: Ciénaga del Espíritu Santo (marsh); 24290 m at 355°: Laguna del Palo (lagoon); 24510 m at 351°: Estero las Dos Bocas (lagoon); 24990 m at 42°: Punta Palencia (point); 25030 m at 355°: Estero del Palo (inlet); 25040 m at 355°: Punta del Palo (point); 26190 m at 305°: Punta Cayo Bonito (point); 26480 m at 44°: Ciénaga de Jerusalén (marsh); 26520 m at 22°: Punta Tolete (point); 26850 m at 303°: Laguna Los Letreros (lagoon); 27400 m at 47°: Ciénaga de Jeraculén (marsh); 28060 m at 298°: Punta Gorda de Palma Sola (point); 29570 m at 294°: Laguna Balandra (lagoon); 29720 m at 38°: Punta Corúa (point).

María La Gorda: islands

23440 m at 2°: Cayo Espíritu Santo (island).

María La Gorda: inland

3910 m at 208°: Ceja de Juan Claro (hill); 9310 m at 45°: Hoya del Palmar (locality); 11830 m at 5°: La Bajada (settlement); 14990 m at 346°: El Veral (settlement); 15200 m at 11°: Gomero (locality); 15210 m at 60°: Aserradero (airfield); 17750 m at 39°: Bien Parado (settlement); 18220 m at 28°: La Jaula (settlement).

María La Gorda: distances

480 m at 14°: Maria la Gorda; 17600 m at 339°: Guanahacabibes; 17700 m at 307°: Playa Antonio; 176630 m at 89°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 221860 m at 54°: Port of Mariel (port); 47450 m at 277°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Protected: 10780 m at 331°: Península de Guanahacabibes; 17010 m at 305°: Reserva de Biosfera Guanahacabibes; 20260 m at 290°: Parque Nacional Guanahacabibes.

María La Gorda: close by

370 m at 344°: Club de Buceo (reef); 370 m at 344°: María La Gorda: Centro International de Buceo (reef); 380 m at 345°: Trajes de buceo (reef); 23440 m at 2°: Cayo Espíritu Santo (cay).

María La Gorda: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 guest houses & hostels, 2 attractions, 1 stadiums & sport, 1 parks & reserves, 1 historic & heritage.

370 m at 344°: María La Gorda: Centro International de Buceo (stadiums & sport); 590 m at 11°: Estación de Camareras (guest houses & hostels); 9970 m at 100°: La Ceiba (guest houses & hostels); 10780 m at 331°: Península de Guanahacabibes (parks & reserves); 11650 m at 6°: Poza Juan Claro (attractions); 11760 m at 6°: Villa Coral (guest houses & hostels); 11960 m at 9°: Monumento a los Mambises Rusos (historic & heritage); 12320 m at 1°: Poza Redonda (attractions).

María La Gorda: marine life records

1540 records of 226 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2026: 663 fish, 509 corals, 267 sponges, 26 molluscs, 25 seabirds and shorebirds, 18 crustaceans, 13 other, 10 echinoderms, 4 sharks and rays, 4 seagrass and algae, 1 turtles. That is 490.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella annularis, 110 (corals); Orbicella franksi, 91 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 77 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 61 (corals); Demospongiae, 54 (sponges); Acanthurus coeruleus, 38 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 33 (fish); Agaricia, 27 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 26 (corals); Melichthys niger, 26 (fish).

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

María La Gorda: notes

No depth or visibility data is held; ask a dive centre.

Getting to María La Gorda

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cabo Corrientes stands about 6.4 km away.