Cayos Alacranes

Cayos Alacranes: coast and water

1400 m at 199°: Estero Reduan (channel); 4070 m at 190°: Playa de Palma Rubia (beach); 4930 m at 116°: Playa Real (beach); 7070 m at 85°: Ensenada de La Mulata (bay); 8260 m at 225°: Estero Puercos (inlet); 8520 m at 242°: Pasa Cayetano (channel); 9670 m at 81°: Punta Chiva (point); 10380 m at 239°: Punta Gorda (point).

Cayos Alacranes: islands

3140 m at 60°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 3710 m at 48°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 4630 m at 85°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 6330 m at 76°: Cayo Ratón (island); 6510 m at 109°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 7180 m at 252°: Cayo Levisa (island); 7290 m at 237°: Cayo Dios (island); 9670 m at 81°: Cayo Blanco (island); 11320 m at 79°: Cayo Morrillo (island).

Cayos Alacranes: inland

4130 m at 166°: Palma Rubia (locality); 4850 m at 146°: Navarino (locality); 6820 m at 159°: Margajitas (settlement); 6950 m at 253°: Horizontes Cayo Levisa (hotel); 7160 m at 252°: Villa Cayo Levisa (hotel); 7330 m at 123°: Clavell (locality).

Cayos Alacranes: distances

4070 m at 190°: Playa de Palma Rubia; 4930 m at 116°: Playa Real; 7160 m at 215°: Playa de Surines; 108030 m at 85°: José Martí International Airport ; 73340 m at 82°: Port of Mariel (port); 100210 m at 78°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 19980 m at 163°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayos Alacranes: close by

3130 m at 60°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 3710 m at 48°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 4630 m at 84°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 6330 m at 76°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 6510 m at 109°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 6950 m at 251°: Club de Buceo (reef); 7180 m at 252°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 7290 m at 237°: Cayo Dios (cay); 9680 m at 81°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 11320 m at 79°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 15320 m at 75°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 16580 m at 71°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay).

Cayos Alacranes: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 guest houses & hostels, 4 peaks & volcanoes, 2 stations & terminals, 2 coral reefs, 1 schools, 1 post offices, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 universities & colleges.

4070 m at 192°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 4510 m at 187°: Casa Juan y Silvia (guest houses & hostels); 4560 m at 186°: Villa Mario y Antonia (guest houses & hostels); 4710 m at 185°: Osmani y Yeivi (guest houses & hostels); 10420 m at 186°: Meseta de Cajálbana (peaks & volcanoes); 13090 m at 193°: Sierra Peluda (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayos Alacranes: marine life records

57 records of 33 species within 15 km, 1946 to 2020: 11 seagrass and algae, 11 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 crustaceans, 6 sponges, 6 corals, 5 fish, 4 echinoderms, 3 molluscs, 1 other, 1 marine mammals. That is 8.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 8 (crustaceans); Cocos nucifera, 4 (seagrass and algae); Oreaster reticulatus, 4 (echinoderms); Calidris alba, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Conocarpus erectus, 3 (seagrass and algae); Pelecanus occidentalis, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Lutjanus apodus, 2 (fish); Tylosurus crocodilus, 2 (fish); Pluvialis squatarola, 2 (seabirds and shorebirds); Physalia physalis, 2 (corals); Discodermia, 1 (sponges).

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

Cayos Alacranes: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.