Archaeology · Matanzas
Centella Cave
Centella Cave is an archaeological site at 23°01′19″N 81°28′30″W in Matanzas province. Centella Cave is an archeological site Cuba. It is located 1.2 km south of the Vía Blanca highway, west of Matanzas, not far from the Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport.
Centella Cave: coast and water
3980 m at 314°: Punta Guanos Altos (point); 5060 m at 350°: Playa Bacalao (beach); 5060 m at 350°: Punta Hidalgo (point); 5060 m at 350°: Ensenada Abra (cove); 5450 m at 298°: Ensenada Buey Vaca (cove); 6630 m at 331°: Bahía de Matanzas (bay).
Centella Cave: inland
1100 m at 189°: San Antonio (locality); 1530 m at 34°: Dionisia (locality); 1530 m at 326°: Cairo Chico (locality); 1530 m at 326°: Fundador (locality); 2460 m at 304°: Canimao (hotel); 2860 m at 297°: Monticelo (locality); 2860 m at 297°: El Sol (locality); 3120 m at 21°: Juanita (locality); 3250 m at 345°: La Aurorita (locality); 3390 m at 166°: El Tumbadero (settlement); 3960 m at 86°: La Delicia (hamlet); 4090 m at 116°: Regalito (settlement); 4310 m at 98°: Santana (locality); 4310 m at 98°: Sitio Cubano (locality); 4380 m at 225°: El Canet (settlement); 4710 m at 260°: San Martín (hamlet).
Centella Cave: distances
5060 m at 350°: Playa Bacalao; 5810 m at 219°: Guanábana; 6100 m at 282°: Playa Buey Vaca; 4300 m at 71°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 10210 m at 288°: Port of Matanzas (port); 38350 m at 66°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).
Protected: 34510 m at 60°: Manglares; 36140 m at 60°: Manglares; 38010 m at 59°: Varahicacos.
Centella Cave: close by
7750 m at 19°: Club de Buceo Laguna de Maya (reef); 10460 m at 284°: Base de Pesca Deportiva "Luis Salgado" (fishing); 15030 m at 49°: Base de pesca (fishing); 15300 m at 46°: El Cayuelo (cay); 16650 m at 318°: Cueva de la Pluma (site); 24660 m at 60°: Cayo de la Siguapa (cay).
Centella Cave: on and around
Within 15 km: 102 guest houses & hostels, 55 stores & supermarkets, 52 schools, 43 attractions, 36 factories & works, 24 government & embassies, 23 theatres & arts, 23 clinics & polyclinics, 19 places of worship, 18 garages & car services.
2660 m at 307°: Tropicana Matanzas (theatres & arts); 2830 m at 312°: Punto náutico y baile de aborígenes (attractions); 2860 m at 309°: Campismo Canimar Abajo (camp sites); 3000 m at 162°: La arboleda (attractions); 3080 m at 308°: Monumento a Antonio Guiteras y Carlos Aponte (historic & heritage); 3080 m at 308°: Antonio Guiteras (attractions); 3080 m at 308°: Carlos Aponte (attractions); 3220 m at 162°: Campismo Río Canimar (camp sites); 3240 m at 238°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 3270 m at 157°: Ruinas del Tumbadero (attractions); 3620 m at 284°: ApartaHotel Gelpi (guest houses & hostels); 4440 m at 103°: casa de rentas (guest houses & hostels); 5010 m at 293°: Miguel house (guest houses & hostels).
Centella Cave: marine life records
210 records of 104 species within 10 km, 1839 to 2023: 113 fish, 36 molluscs, 20 corals, 19 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 seagrass and algae, 6 marine mammals, 3 sharks and rays, 3 echinoderms, 2 crustaceans, 2 sponges. That is 66.8 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 13 (seabirds and shorebirds); Acanthurus coeruleus, 10 (fish); Abudefduf saxatilis, 9 (fish); Dajaus monticola, 6 (fish); Gastropoda, 6 (molluscs); Cocos nucifera, 6 (seagrass and algae); Ocyurus chrysurus, 5 (fish); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 5 (fish); Microspathodon chrysurus, 5 (fish); Lophogobius cyprinoides, 5 (fish); Gobionellus oceanicus, 4 (fish); Acropora cervicornis, 4 (corals).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 2, Aug 1, Sep 2.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Centella Cave: notes
Leave any worked stone, shell or bone where it lies.
Getting to Centella Cave
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Maya stands about 8.1 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: Wikidata (CC0) (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.