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Jardines de la Reina

Satellite view of Jardines de la Reina, Cuba
Jardines de la Reina (Esri, Maxar)

Jardines de la Reina is a fly fishing at 20°52′04″N 78°58′21″W in Ciego de Ávila province. Catch-and-release fly fishing among the cays, by licensed operators only.

GPS 20.86778, -78.9725920°52′04″N 78°58′21″W

Jardines de la Reina: coast and water

8510 m at 278°: Estero Las Auras (estuary); 9210 m at 297°: Punta Fraile Norte (point); 10410 m at 290°: Boca Fraile (channel); 10560 m at 284°: Punta Fraile (point); 13260 m at 288°: Punta Bayameses (point); 16010 m at 159°: Pasa Piedra Grande (channel); 20630 m at 296°: Punta Seboruco de la Piedra (point); 26470 m at 330°: Placer de Caballones (shoal); 27160 m at 300°: Laguna Boca Grande (lagoon); 29850 m at 42°: Canal de Algodones (channel); 32090 m at 111°: Punta Antón (point); 36920 m at 131°: Punta de Indios (point); 43010 m at 36°: Cabezo Orejón (reef); 44070 m at 352°: Bajo Cabeza Blanca (shoal); 45620 m at 338°: Canal de Piedras (channel); 46620 m at 40°: Canal Santa María de Afuera (channel); 47180 m at 312°: Canal Cinco Balas (channel); 50580 m at 354°: Bajo Cirial (shoal); 54990 m at 70°: Punta Macurijes (point); 56490 m at 59°: Punta Potrerillo (point); 57480 m at 61°: Laguna de Potrerillo (lagoon); 58300 m at 58°: Playa Los Caneyes (beach); 58470 m at 75°: Estero Garrapatica (estuary); 58570 m at 59°: Estero Manatí (estuary).

Wider satellite view around Jardines de la Reina
Jardines de la Reina, wider

Jardines de la Reina: islands

12480 m at 16°: Cayo Cargado (island); 13200 m at 140°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 16880 m at 131°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 18740 m at 127°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (island); 21650 m at 131°: Cayo Piedra Grande (island); 23960 m at 111°: Cayo Largo (island); 29400 m at 67°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 34980 m at 117°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group); 36360 m at 97°: Cayo Chocolate (island); 36770 m at 45°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island); 37150 m at 349°: Cayos Paloma (island group); 38630 m at 300°: Cayo Alcatraz (island).

Jardines de la Reina: inland

54700 m at 68°: Las Casimbas (locality); 58290 m at 58°: San Pedro (stream); 59550 m at 70°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality).

Jardines de la Reina: distances

73280 m at 35°: Playa Santa María; 95170 m at 62°: La Clarita; 95770 m at 63°: Vertientes; 131800 m at 62°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 193060 m at 67°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 144440 m at 313°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 10510 m at 57°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Jardines de la Reina: close by

0 m at 0°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 0 m at 0°: Jardines de la Reina (reef); 4460 m at 257°: Cayo Mangle Alto (cay); 8010 m at 286°: Cayo Caballones (cay); 9240 m at 146°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 11030 m at 148°: Cayos Anclitas (cay); 12470 m at 16°: Cayo Cargado (cay); 12720 m at 295°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 13200 m at 140°: Cayo Miraflores (cay); 15770 m at 63°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 16880 m at 131°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (cay); 17550 m at 299°: Cayo Grande (cay).

Jardines de la Reina: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves.

10510 m at 57°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina (parks & reserves).

Jardines de la Reina: marine life records

1971 records of 272 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2026: 1087 fish, 566 corals, 175 sponges, 35 sharks and rays, 29 molluscs, 26 crustaceans, 22 echinoderms, 14 seabirds and shorebirds, 14 other, 2 turtles, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 627.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 112 (corals); Acropora palmata, 107 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 74 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 64 (fish); Agaricia agaricites, 51 (corals); Scarus iseri, 45 (fish); Porites astreoides, 44 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 43 (fish); Ocyurus chrysurus, 42 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 40 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 38 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 34 (corals).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Mar 4.

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

Jardines de la Reina: notes

Protected areas can have their own fishing rules.

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Sources and data

Name and position: CubaAtlas editorial; position from 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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