Cayos Mate

Cayos Mate: coast and water

510 m at 223°: Canal Pasa Honda (channel); 6390 m at 7°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel); 6960 m at 92°: Canal Cayo Largo (channel); 9670 m at 196°: Canal de Almácigo (channel); 9870 m at 23°: Laguna Cañones (lagoon); 10730 m at 103°: Punta Saliente (point); 10770 m at 25°: Laguna Los Mosquitos (lagoon); 13630 m at 64°: Playa Metilla (beach).

Cayos Mate: islands

650 m at 344°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 2740 m at 175°: Cayo Güincho (island); 8100 m at 56°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 8910 m at 328°: Cayos Pilón (island group); 9270 m at 183°: Cayo Almácigo (island); 10670 m at 68°: Cayos Carnero (island group); 11120 m at 64°: Cayo Carenero (islet); 12660 m at 182°: Cayo Leña (island); 12680 m at 194°: Cayos Levisa (island group); 13150 m at 148°: Cayo Juan Suárez (island); 13840 m at 233°: Cayo Rosquete (island); 16250 m at 170°: Cayo Uvero (island).

Cayos Mate: inland

11990 m at 60°: La Calzada (hamlet); 12550 m at 52°: Santa Cruz del Sur (airfield); 12950 m at 32°: Lunanco (locality); 13770 m at 46°: Las Minas (locality); 15070 m at 40°: San Agustín (settlement); 15700 m at 67°: Najasa (stream).

Cayos Mate: distances

12340 m at 54°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 13810 m at 64°: Playa Bonita; 51460 m at 84°: Guayabal; 89680 m at 17°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 132600 m at 41°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 223400 m at 345°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos Mate: close by

650 m at 344°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 1280 m at 334°: Cayo Becky (cay); 2490 m at 29°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 2750 m at 175°: Cayo Güincho (cay); 3390 m at 353°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 7060 m at 9°: Cayos Mate Adentro (island group); 7210 m at 196°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 7440 m at 198°: Cayo Ronquito (cay); 7440 m at 198°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (cay); 8100 m at 56°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 8440 m at 123°: Cayos de Mordazos (cay); 8630 m at 79°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (cay).

Cayos Mate: on and around

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

12640 m at 53°: Museo Municipal (museums); 12720 m at 53°: Monumento (attractions); 12740 m at 53°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 12770 m at 50°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 12790 m at 50°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 12810 m at 54°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 13150 m at 55°: Cuadro de Pelota (stadiums & sport); 13690 m at 47°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 13890 m at 46°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 14080 m at 45°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints).

Cayos Mate: marine life records

539 records of 49 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2001: 279 corals, 259 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 76.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 81 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 60 (corals); Porites astreoides, 35 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 32 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 29 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 25 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 22 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 18 (fish); Porites porites, 18 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 17 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 17 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 16 (fish).

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

Cayos Mate: notes

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

Getting to Cayos Mate

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 13 km away.