Cayo Verracos

Cayo Verracos: coast and water

2890 m at 196°: Punta de Tierra (point); 4340 m at 168°: Playa Arroyo Berracos (beach); 5280 m at 307°: Pasa Levisa (channel); 8390 m at 242°: Bahía Puerto Esperanza (bay); 9530 m at 82°: Estero Río Blanco (cove); 10610 m at 298°: Quebrado San Cayetano (channel); 12050 m at 72°: Punta Gorda (point); 12680 m at 71°: Punta Purgatorio (point).

Cayo Verracos: islands

1520 m at 229°: Cayo Las Uvas (island); 1570 m at 8°: Cayo Arenas (island); 2600 m at 203°: Cayo Jíbaro (island); 3290 m at 246°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 5270 m at 241°: Cayo Coruita (island); 9530 m at 259°: Cayo Pescador (island); 11310 m at 258°: Cayos Legua (island group); 11320 m at 242°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (island); 12370 m at 256°: Cayo Redondo (island); 14640 m at 253°: Cayo Prieto (island); 14640 m at 264°: Cayo Inés de Soto (island); 14660 m at 253°: Cayo Largo (island).

Cayo Verracos: inland

3540 m at 132°: Arroyo Asiento Viejo (stream); 4350 m at 97°: Río Blanco (stream); 4370 m at 178°: Río La Jagua (stream); 4850 m at 114°: Carqueja (hamlet); 6140 m at 188°: Loma Colorada (hill); 6590 m at 202°: La Malleta (locality).

Cayo Verracos: distances

4340 m at 168°: Playa Arroyo Berracos; 9390 m at 233°: La Esperanza; 13670 m at 127°: La Palma; 129360 m at 81°: José Martí International Airport ; 94950 m at 78°: Port of Mariel (port); 122130 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 28130 m at 111°: Mil Cumbres; 29250 m at 207°: Parque Nacional Viñales.

Cayo Verracos: close by

1520 m at 229°: Cayo Las Uvas (cay); 1570 m at 7°: Cayo Arenas (cay); 2600 m at 203°: Cayo Jíbaro (cay); 3280 m at 246°: Cayos Uvas (island group); 5270 m at 241°: Cayo Coruita (cay); 9120 m at 235°: Muelle (Jetée, Pier) (fishing); 9530 m at 259°: Cayo Pescador (cay); 11310 m at 258°: Cayos Legua (island group); 11310 m at 242°: Cayo la Pasa de la Legua (cay); 12370 m at 256°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 14640 m at 253°: Cayo Prieto (cay); 14640 m at 264°: Cayo Inés de Soto (cay).

Cayo Verracos: on and around

Within 15 km: 24 guest houses & hostels, 6 schools, 3 clinics & polyclinics, 3 banks & exchange, 2 marinas, 2 historic & heritage, 2 theatres & arts, 2 fuel stations, 2 post offices, 2 peaks & volcanoes.

7340 m at 90°: Cabaña # 12 Playa Pajarito (guest houses & hostels); 7700 m at 210°: Casa Prima (guest houses & hostels); 8820 m at 234°: La Pesca Profesional (marinas); 8820 m at 233°: Villa El Pescador (guest houses & hostels); 8970 m at 234°: La Pesca Deportiva (marinas); 9070 m at 235°: Martí (historic & heritage); 9250 m at 233°: Cine (theatres & arts); 9750 m at 230°: El Barchito (historic & heritage); 11250 m at 137°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 13350 m at 146°: Las Lechuzas (Centro Turístico) (attractions); 13430 m at 127°: Cine Martí (theatres & arts); 13440 m at 127°: Paladar del Chino (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13600 m at 174°: Mogote La Jagua (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Verracos: marine life records

66 records of 37 species within 15 km, 1914 to 2020: 12 seabirds and shorebirds, 10 crustaceans, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 sponges, 6 fish, 6 marine mammals, 6 corals, 4 echinoderms, 4 molluscs, 1 other. That is 9.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 8 (crustaceans); Trichechus manatus, 6 (marine mammals); Cocos nucifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Oreaster reticulatus, 4 (echinoderms); Calidris alba, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Lutjanus apodus, 2 (fish); Tylosurus crocodilus, 2 (fish); Pluvialis squatarola, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Demospongiae, 2 (sponges); Physalia physalis, 2 (corals).

Months with records, marine mammals: Jan 3.

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

Cayo Verracos: notes

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