Cayos Alacranes

Cayos Alacranes: coast and water

12610 m at 320°: Canal de la Pipa (channel); 16680 m at 180°: Surgidero de Sierra de Casas (anchorage); 16760 m at 186°: Playa Gerona (beach); 17740 m at 209°: Ensenada Las Barricas (cove); 18040 m at 175°: Ensenada de Colombo (cove); 19510 m at 162°: Playa de Flamencos (beach); 19560 m at 167°: Punta de Piedra (point); 19670 m at 161°: Punta Bibijagua (point).

Cayos Alacranes: islands

2930 m at 104°: Cayo Alacrán Grande (island); 10150 m at 269°: Cayo Campito (island); 12230 m at 272°: Cayo Aceite (island); 12660 m at 282°: Cayo La Rica (island); 13720 m at 288°: Cayo Botija (island); 13800 m at 297°: Cayo de la Pipa (island); 19510 m at 0°: Cayos del Hambre (island group); 19620 m at 2°: Cayo Cuarto (island); 23080 m at 10°: Cayo La Hoya (island); 23930 m at 137°: Cayo Jaquito (island); 25130 m at 8°: Cayo Segundo (island group); 26240 m at 136°: Cayos de los Inglesitos (island group).

Cayos Alacranes: inland

16590 m at 183°: Río Los Muertos (stream); 16760 m at 186°: La Caridad del Cobre (locality); 16760 m at 186°: Arroyo del Palomar (stream); 17140 m at 210°: Arroyo del Bobo (stream); 17870 m at 174°: Sierra de Colombo (hills); 18160 m at 211°: Las Barricas (stream).

Cayos Alacranes: distances

16760 m at 186°: Playa Gerona; 18960 m at 169°: Playa Colombo; 20190 m at 160°: Playa de Flamencos; 25850 m at 176°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 102800 m at 3°: Port of Mariel (port); 118130 m at 15°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Cayos Alacranes: close by

960 m at 229°: Cayo Alacrán Chico (cay); 2930 m at 104°: Cayo Alacrán Grande (cay); 6420 m at 241°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 7610 m at 259°: Cayo La Resaca (cay); 7970 m at 131°: Cayo Las Pasas (cay); 8790 m at 258°: Cayo la Malanga (cay); 8790 m at 258°: Cayos Alcatraces (island group); 10150 m at 269°: Cayo Campito (cay); 11970 m at 270°: Cayos de Mangles (island group); 12230 m at 272°: Cayo Aceite (cay); 12580 m at 287°: Cayos de La Pipa (island group); 12660 m at 282°: Cayo La Rica (cay).

Cayos Alacranes: marine life records

27 records of 15 species within 15 km, 1952 to 2018: 27 fish. That is 3.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Lutjanus griseus, 2 (fish); Harengula, 2 (fish); Canthigaster rostrata, 2 (fish); Strongylura notata, 2 (fish); Harengula clupeola, 2 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 2 (fish); Xiphias gladius, 2 (fish); Anchoa lamprotaenia, 2 (fish); Diapterus, 2 (fish); Eucinostomus, 2 (fish); Haemulon parra, 2 (fish); Caranx latus, 2 (fish).

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

Cayos Alacranes: notes

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