Médano de Jutías

Médano de Jutías: coast and water

1710 m at 270°: Pasa de la Laja (channel); 2370 m at 258°: Punta Jutías (point); 4080 m at 25°: Arrecifes de Los Colorados (reef); 4090 m at 205°: Pasa Jutías (channel); 5450 m at 110°: Punta El Peje (point); 5560 m at 180°: Punta Batea (point); 5900 m at 112°: Ensenada del Río (bay); 6330 m at 54°: Bajo Malas Aguas (shoal); 7560 m at 223°: Punta Nombre de Dios (point); 7570 m at 43°: Bajo Corona del Tingo (shoal); 8200 m at 86°: Estero Vicente (cove); 9060 m at 88°: Estero Majagua (cove); 11260 m at 87°: Ensenada Malas Aguas (bay); 12690 m at 77°: Punta Francés (point).

Médano de Jutías: islands

3400 m at 251°: Cayo Jutías (island); 5040 m at 137°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 9160 m at 83°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 15940 m at 75°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 17080 m at 244°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 22780 m at 64°: Cayo Inés de Soto (island); 24570 m at 69°: Cayo Redondo (island); 25650 m at 69°: Cayos Legua (island group).

Médano de Jutías: inland

6520 m at 148°: Las Yaguas (hamlet); 7030 m at 149°: Santa Lucía (settlement); 7560 m at 137°: Santa Lucia (airfield); 7610 m at 167°: Paso de Dios (locality).

Médano de Jutías: distances

7280 m at 149°: Santa Lucía; 15840 m at 161°: Minas de Matahambre; 22640 m at 229°: Playa Alejo; 158990 m at 128°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 131640 m at 76°: Port of Mariel (port); 135860 m at 226°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).

Protected: 26200 m at 123°: Parque Nacional Viñales.

Médano de Jutías: close by

0 m at 0°: Cayo Restinga del Palo (cay); 940 m at 327°: Cayo Médano (cay); 3400 m at 251°: Cayo Jutías (cay); 4080 m at 25°: Arrecifes de Los Colorados (reef); 5040 m at 137°: Cayos de Santa Lucía (island group); 5040 m at 137°: Cayos La Garza (island group); 7230 m at 34°: Cabezo El Tingo (reef); 8710 m at 221°: Cayo Pimienta (cay); 9160 m at 83°: Los Cayuelos (island group); 15940 m at 75°: Cayos Boquerones (island group); 17080 m at 244°: Archipiélago de los Colorados (island group); 22220 m at 71°: Cayo Largo (cay).

Médano de Jutías: on and around

Within 15 km: 17 guest houses & hostels, 7 stores & supermarkets, 7 factories & works, 5 schools, 4 urban parks & plazas, 4 mines & quarries, 2 marinas, 2 attractions, 2 trails & viewpoints, 2 places of worship.

5850 m at 145°: Puerto Santa Lucía (marinas); 5910 m at 145°: Santa Lucia (marinas); 6050 m at 146°: Teminal Santa Lucia (stations & terminals); 6060 m at 146°: Parque de Santa Lucía (urban parks & plazas); 6130 m at 155°: La Ceniza (mines & quarries); 6180 m at 147°: Área de Festejo (urban parks & plazas); 6180 m at 149°: Villa Amanecer (guest houses & hostels); 6240 m at 247°: Punta César y Ella (attractions); 6240 m at 141°: Balcon al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 6270 m at 142°: El Palmar (guest houses & hostels); 6320 m at 148°: José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 6700 m at 152°: Campo de Fútbol (stadiums & sport); 7510 m at 142°: Paladar Rosymar (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Médano de Jutías: marine life records

45 records of 34 species within 10 km, 1914 to 2023: 16 fish, 10 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae, 5 corals, 4 crustaceans, 3 echinoderms, 1 molluscs. That is 14.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Sterna maxima, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Ocyurus chrysurus, 2 (fish); Cocos nucifera, 2 (seagrass and algae); Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Lytechinus variegatus, 2 (echinoderms); Ocypode quadrata, 2 (crustaceans); Abudefduf saxatilis, 2 (fish); Acyrtops beryllinus, 2 (fish); Dactyloscopus poeyi, 2 (fish); Calidris minutilla, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 1 (seagrass and algae); Euthynnus alletteratus, 1 (fish).

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

Médano de Jutías: notes

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

Getting to Médano de Jutías

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías stands about 2.3 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Jutías 2 stands about 2.3 km away.