Cayos de Mordazo

Cayos de Mordazo: coast and water

1880 m at 328°: Punta Infierno (point); 4720 m at 341°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel); 11040 m at 215°: Canal Uvero (channel); 11930 m at 318°: Pasa Bergantines (channel); 12010 m at 248°: Canal de Almácigo (channel); 12730 m at 46°: Pasa de San Juan de Tierra (channel); 13490 m at 325°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel); 14470 m at 330°: Pasa Mordaza de la Tierra (channel).

Cayos de Mordazo: islands

4030 m at 6°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 9440 m at 349°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 9750 m at 77°: Cayo Punta Afuera (island); 10060 m at 314°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 10090 m at 244°: Cayo Almácigo (island); 10210 m at 302°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 11110 m at 74°: Cayo la Playa (island); 11210 m at 210°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (island); 11790 m at 69°: Cayos San Juan (island group); 11820 m at 69°: Cayo San Juan de Afuera (island); 12960 m at 185°: Cayo Paiva (island); 14190 m at 106°: Cayo Media Luna (island).

Cayos de Mordazo: inland

12490 m at 28°: Najasa (stream); 12510 m at 9°: Santa Cruz del Sur (town); 12580 m at 6°: La Gloria (hamlet); 14420 m at 6°: La Caridad (locality); 16270 m at 5°: San Agustín (locality); 16490 m at 41°: Perdido (stream).

Cayos de Mordazo: distances

11500 m at 20°: Playa Bonita; 12060 m at 7°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 43860 m at 77°: Guayabal; 92310 m at 11°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 131030 m at 36°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 230320 m at 343°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos de Mordazo: close by

1450 m at 275°: Cayos de Mordazos (cay); 2980 m at 172°: Cayo Yana (cay); 4030 m at 6°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 5440 m at 170°: Cayo Médano (cay); 6360 m at 360°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (cay); 6520 m at 193°: Cayo Juan Suárez (cay); 7340 m at 64°: Cayos de Sevilla (island group); 8480 m at 284°: Cayo Güincho (cay); 8900 m at 9°: Cayos Carnero (island group); 9440 m at 349°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 9740 m at 299°: Cayos Mate (island group); 9740 m at 77°: Cayo Punta Afuera (cay).

Cayos de Mordazo: on and around

Within 15 km: 9 schools, 9 stores & supermarkets, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 government & embassies, 5 places of worship, 4 factories & works, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 banks & exchange, 3 trails & viewpoints, 2 historic & heritage.

12420 m at 8°: Museo Municipal (museums); 12480 m at 8°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 12510 m at 9°: Monumento (historic & heritage); 12510 m at 11°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport); 12540 m at 8°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 13060 m at 6°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 13080 m at 6°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 14200 m at 6°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 14520 m at 6°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 14820 m at 6°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints).

Cayos de Mordazo: marine life records

237 records of 33 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2001: 140 corals, 96 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 33.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 79 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 16 (fish); Porites porites, 13 (corals); Porites astreoides, 11 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 8 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 8 (fish); Chaetodon capistratus, 7 (fish); Acropora palmata, 7 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 7 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 6 (fish).

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

Cayos de Mordazo: notes

Remote cays may need a permit, arranged by an operator.

Getting to Cayos de Mordazo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 12 km away.