Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas: coast and water

1560 m at 126°: Ensenada Marsillán (cove); 1670 m at 293°: Banco Cabezo Salado (shoal); 1870 m at 39°: Punta Caoba (point); 2240 m at 126°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (point); 3790 m at 205°: Punta Barril (point); 4100 m at 198°: Punta Ladrillos (point); 4280 m at 130°: Ensenada de las Calabazas (cove); 4300 m at 326°: Ensenada Ramírez (cove); 4690 m at 260°: Punta Salinas (point); 5340 m at 132°: Punta Soriano (point); 5500 m at 194°: Ensenada El Jucaral (cove); 6090 m at 144°: Banco Tomasito (bank).

Punta Arenas: islands

1500 m at 60°: Cayo Loco (island); 6380 m at 172°: Cayo Carenas (island); 7100 m at 125°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Punta Arenas: inland

2630 m at 75°: palacio azul (hotel); 3150 m at 37°: Cuatro Caminos (hamlet); 3460 m at 62°: Hotel Jagua (hotel); 3810 m at 108°: Nicolás Acea (locality); 4370 m at 2°: Los Curas (locality); 5370 m at 83°: La Tomasa (locality); 5420 m at 355°: El Piojo (settlement); 5460 m at 103°: Tejar la Palma (hamlet).

Punta Arenas: distances

2860 m at 89°: Cienfuegos; 10460 m at 241°: Juraguá; 13510 m at 34°: Palmira; 5620 m at 83°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 3000 m at 77°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 1750 m at 105°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 38450 m at 116°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Punta Arenas: close by

380 m at 30°: Muelle de Hierro (fishing); 1110 m at 150°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 1290 m at 105°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 1500 m at 60°: Cayo Loco (cay); 1660 m at 101°: Muelle Real (fishing); 2210 m at 127°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 6380 m at 172°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 7090 m at 125°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 8030 m at 161°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 8050 m at 128°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 8830 m at 146°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 9230 m at 135°: Cayo Madama (cay).

Punta Arenas: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 56 schools, 36 factories & works, 24 attractions, 22 clinics & polyclinics, 20 government & embassies, 20 stores & supermarkets, 18 garages & car services, 14 stadiums & sport, 13 historic & heritage.

480 m at 68°: Cementerio de la Reina (attractions); 650 m at 96°: Parque de Reina (urban parks & plazas); 660 m at 87°: Estadio de Reina (stadiums & sport); 1140 m at 83°: Locomotoras de Vapor (attractions); 1150 m at 82°: Museo del Ferrocarril (museums); 1250 m at 80°: Isaac y Adalmys (guest houses & hostels); 1260 m at 104°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (stations & terminals); 1280 m at 76°: Hostal Pocala (guest houses & hostels); 1320 m at 89°: Estrella de Mar (guest houses & hostels); 1430 m at 101°: Muelle de la Patana Cienfuegos-Castillo (stations & terminals); 1470 m at 82°: Palacio Ferrer (theatres & arts); 1480 m at 81°: Jardines de la UNEAC (theatres & arts); 1490 m at 82°: Mirador Palacio Ferrer (attractions).

Punta Arenas: marine life records

214 records of 137 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 120 molluscs, 44 fish, 34 seabirds and shorebirds, 7 crustaceans, 5 other, 3 sharks and rays, 1 seagrass and algae. That is 68.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 17 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 16 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 4 (molluscs); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita tessellata, 3 (molluscs); Echinolittorina ziczac, 3 (molluscs); Hippocampus reidi, 3 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 3, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Punta Arenas: notes

Boat, guide and permit usually come with a booked trip.

Getting to Punta Arenas

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 13 km away.