Archipelagos · Pinar del Río
Cayo Rapado Chico
Cayo Rapado Chico is an island group at 22°27′18″N 84°21′08″W in Pinar del Río province.
Cayo Rapado Chico: coast and water
1270 m at 243°: Punta La Playita (point); 3070 m at 6°: Punta Vinagrera (point); 5010 m at 18°: Ensenada del Cedro (bay); 5090 m at 62°: Pasa de Dimas (channel); 5900 m at 207°: Punta del Este (point); 6990 m at 80°: Ensenada la Blanquilla (bay); 8400 m at 191°: Punta Las Orillas (point); 8620 m at 240°: Pasa Buenavista (channel).
Cayo Rapado Chico: islands
4790 m at 49°: Cayo Babún (island); 5690 m at 71°: Cayo Murias (island); 5720 m at 31°: Cayo Rapado Grande (island); 8430 m at 226°: Cayo de Buenavista (island); 14000 m at 61°: Cayo Escalón (island); 14740 m at 65°: Cayo Largo (island); 14900 m at 46°: Cayo Diego (island); 15870 m at 61°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 16140 m at 49°: Cayería de Limones (island group); 29640 m at 193°: Cayo Montano (island); 29970 m at 197°: Cayo Zapato (island).
Cayo Rapado Chico: inland
7990 m at 130°: Cayo Largo (locality); 8700 m at 187°: Buenavista (stream); 10510 m at 93°: Martín (locality); 10710 m at 120°: Hacienda Camarones (hamlet); 10770 m at 103°: Los Manantiales (locality); 11700 m at 155°: Santa Isabel (settlement).
Cayo Rapado Chico: distances
6410 m at 90°: Playa Las Canas; 19430 m at 160°: Mantua; 23790 m at 53°: Playa Alejo; 175630 m at 113°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 174750 m at 70°: Port of Mariel (port); 89720 m at 224°: Marina Gaviota Cabo de San Antonio (marina).
Cayo Rapado Chico: close by
4790 m at 49°: Cayo Babún (cay); 5690 m at 71°: Cayo Murias (cay); 5720 m at 31°: Cayo Rapado Grande (cay); 8420 m at 226°: Cayo de Buenavista (cay); 8760 m at 223°: Cayo de Buenavista (island group); 14000 m at 61°: Cayo Escalón (cay); 14740 m at 65°: Cayo Largo (cay); 14900 m at 46°: Cayo Diego (cay); 15870 m at 61°: Cayo Dos Hermanos (island group); 16140 m at 49°: Cayería de Limones (island group).
Cayo Rapado Chico: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 marinas, 1 markets & malls, 1 guest houses & hostels, 1 schools, 1 stores & supermarkets.
11730 m at 194°: Arroyos de Mantua (marinas); 12220 m at 158°: Marlén y Juanito (guest houses & hostels).
Cayo Rapado Chico: marine life records
403 records of 128 species within 15 km, 1885 to 2022: 228 sponges, 98 molluscs, 49 corals, 13 other, 11 marine mammals, 2 echinoderms, 1 crustaceans, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 57.0 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 52 (sponges); Niphates arenata, 24 (sponges); Spirastrella coccinea, 17 (sponges); Agelas, 16 (sponges); Petrosiidae, 15 (sponges); Spirastrella, 12 (sponges); Stichopathes, 11 (corals); Plexauridae, 10 (corals); Trichechus manatus, 10 (marine mammals); Coelocarteria bartschi, 9 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 8 (corals); Plakortis, 8 (other).
Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 9.
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Rapado Chico: notes
The pin is one reference point of a larger group.
Getting to Cayo Rapado Chico
- Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Buenavista stands about 11 km away.
Sources and data
Name and position: 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.