Landmark· Cayo de Agua· Virgin Islands (BVI, USVI and Spanish Virgins)
Cayo de Agua (Las Hermanas)
18° 18.7′ N · 65° 20.9′ W
The southeasternmost of the Las Hermanas islets west of Cayo Luis Peña: a boulder-strewn rock and a key landmark on the Fajardo approach.
Practical
Position: OpenStreetMap 'Cayo del Agua' (way 44026908). Coast Pilot 5 (ch. 13): Las Hermanas lie 1.3 miles off Culebra's west coast; Cayo del Agua is low in the middle and 39 ft high at its east part, rocky with many large boulders; a shoal with 5 ft at its end extends nearly 0.1 mile west; avoid the passage between Cayo Ratón and Cayo del Agua. The 0.3-mile passage between Cayo del Agua and Cayo de Luis Peña has 30 ft or more.
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Pilotage landmark on the western approach