Cayo Ballenato Chico

Cayo Ballenato Chico: coast and water

2470 m at 307°: Bahía del Guincho (cove); 4700 m at 290°: Estero Ginferrer (cove); 4900 m at 71°: Bajo Estrella (shoal); 5060 m at 279°: Ensenada Inferior (cove); 5130 m at 274°: Punta Coco (point); 5640 m at 183°: Punta Mula (point); 6620 m at 140°: Punta Barlovento (point); 6920 m at 233°: Playa Baga (beach); 7570 m at 313°: Punta Santo Domingo (point); 7630 m at 70°: Bajo Júcaro (shoal); 7740 m at 158°: Ensenada Santa Lucía (cove); 8040 m at 124°: Boca Grande (cove); 8410 m at 68°: Bajo Caletón Sur (shoal); 8840 m at 300°: Playa San Jacinto (beach); 9130 m at 64°: Bajo Caletón Norte (shoal); 11230 m at 316°: Punta Paloma (point).

Cayo Ballenato Chico: islands

1240 m at 78°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 2920 m at 69°: Cayo Ballenato Grande (island group); 5510 m at 266°: Cayo Puto (island); 10810 m at 63°: Cayo La Música (island).

Cayo Ballenato Chico: inland

3640 m at 331°: Almacenes (locality); 5000 m at 300°: Club Amigo caracol (hotel); 5340 m at 327°: Puerto Tarafa (settlement); 5490 m at 275°: Santa Rita (settlement); 5660 m at 297°: Nuevitas (town); 6330 m at 257°: Río Saramaguacán (stream); 7180 m at 202°: Río Ciego de Molina (stream); 7450 m at 280°: La Cuarenta y Dos (settlement); 8030 m at 221°: Río Biel (stream); 8700 m at 267°: Bateri (locality); 9000 m at 255°: Alto de Asunción Borges (locality); 9240 m at 290°: El Rosario (locality).

Cayo Ballenato Chico: distances

2500 m at 351°: Puerto de Pastelillo; 5320 m at 324°: Puerto Tarafa; 5400 m at 284°: Playa Santa Rita; 66090 m at 154°: Hermanos Ameijeiras Airport ; 5540 m at 305°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 190480 m at 309°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Protected: 1160 m at 72°: Refugio de la Fauna; 1650 m at 66°: Reserva Natural Los Ballenatos; 10240 m at 55°: Refugio de la Fauna.

Cayo Ballenato Chico: close by

20 m at 265°: Cayo Ballenato Pequeño (cay); 1250 m at 79°: Cayo Ballenato del Medio (island group); 2660 m at 22°: Antiguo Espigón (fishing); 2690 m at 321°: Sitio Arqueológico "El Soberano" (site); 2870 m at 162°: Zona de Pesca (fishing); 2920 m at 69°: Cayo Ballenato Grande (island group); 3020 m at 318°: Sitio Arqueológico "Pueblo Viejo" (site); 3130 m at 309°: Sitio Arqueológico "La Vigía" (site); 5350 m at 289°: Empresa Pesquera Nuevitas (fishing); 5500 m at 266°: Cayo Puto (cay); 5880 m at 329°: Puerto Tarafa (fishing); 6230 m at 324°: El Barco Hundido (reef).

Cayo Ballenato Chico: on and around

Within 15 km: 92 clinics & polyclinics, 55 stores & supermarkets, 42 trails & viewpoints, 38 farms & plantations, 33 schools, 31 guest houses & hostels, 30 urban parks & plazas, 24 factories & works, 19 government & embassies, 18 historic & heritage.

1160 m at 72°: Refugio de la Fauna (parks & reserves); 1260 m at 82°: Loma (peaks & volcanoes); 1380 m at 85°: Mirador Los Ballenatos (attractions); 1650 m at 66°: Reserva Natural Los Ballenatos (parks & reserves); 2210 m at 349°: Estación de Combustibles (stations & terminals); 2440 m at 331°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 2690 m at 321°: Sitio Arqueológico "El Soberano" (historic & heritage); 3020 m at 318°: Sitio Arqueológico "Pueblo Viejo" (historic & heritage); 3130 m at 309°: Sitio Arqueológico "La Vigía" (historic & heritage); 3600 m at 347°: Estación de Amoníaco (stations & terminals); 5140 m at 299°: Casa de Renta (guest houses & hostels); 5260 m at 294°: Casa de renta (guest houses & hostels); 5300 m at 291°: Casa Particular (guest houses & hostels).

Cayo Ballenato Chico: marine life records

34 records of 28 species within 15 km, 1994 to 2018: 14 fish, 13 crustaceans, 4 seabirds and shorebirds, 2 sharks and rays, 1 corals. That is 4.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pterois, 4 (fish); Exosphaeroma productatelson, 2 (crustaceans); Carcharhinus leucas, 2 (sharks and rays); Uromunna caribea, 2 (crustaceans); Lachnolaimus maximus, 1 (fish); Paraimene ibarzabalae, 1 (crustaceans); Dynamenella nuevitas, 1 (crustaceans); Oreochromis mossambicus, 1 (fish); Limnoria platycauda, 1 (crustaceans); Tringa flavipes, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Discosoma carlgreni, 1 (corals); Tringa melanoleuca, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Nov 4.

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

Cayo Ballenato Chico: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.