Cayos Mate Adentro

Cayos Mate Adentro: coast and water

2900 m at 192°: Pasa Bergantines (channel); 3570 m at 93°: Estero Esterón (estuary); 4980 m at 184°: Punta los Criollos (point); 7490 m at 191°: Canal Pasa Honda (channel); 8890 m at 314°: Estero Sabanalamar (estuary); 11960 m at 148°: Punta Infierno (point); 13180 m at 135°: Punta Saliente (point); 13650 m at 212°: Banco Botijuela (shoal).

Cayos Mate Adentro: islands

3170 m at 320°: Cayo Puga (island); 3930 m at 204°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 5850 m at 276°: Cayos Pilón (island group); 6480 m at 192°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 7060 m at 189°: Cayos Mate (island group); 7150 m at 274°: Cayo La Torre (island); 9090 m at 126°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (island); 9090 m at 103°: Cayo Carenero (islet); 9740 m at 185°: Cayo Güincho (island); 10960 m at 135°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 12490 m at 309°: Cayo Manatí (island); 14460 m at 194°: Cayo Ronquito (island).

Cayos Mate Adentro: inland

7020 m at 56°: Lunanco (locality); 7450 m at 7°: La Catalina (hamlet); 8770 m at 85°: Santa Cruz del Sur (airfield); 9270 m at 55°: Gonzalo de Quesada (settlement); 9620 m at 10°: El Olimpo (hamlet); 9730 m at 33°: Ramblazo de las Ovas (hamlet).

Cayos Mate Adentro: distances

8880 m at 88°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 11310 m at 95°: Playa Bonita; 50070 m at 92°: Guayabal; 82680 m at 17°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 126620 m at 42°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 217000 m at 344°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos Mate Adentro: close by

3170 m at 320°: Cayo Puga (cay); 3930 m at 204°: Cayos Bergantines (island group); 4790 m at 179°: Jardines y Jardinillos de la Reina (island group); 5850 m at 276°: Cayos Pilón (island group); 6060 m at 196°: Cayo Becky (cay); 6100 m at 114°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 6480 m at 192°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 7060 m at 189°: Cayos Mate (island group); 7150 m at 274°: Cayo La Torre (cay); 8750 m at 281°: Cayo Piloncito (cay); 9090 m at 103°: Cayo Carenero (cay); 9090 m at 126°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (cay).

Cayos Mate Adentro: on and around

Within 15 km: 10 schools, 9 stores & supermarkets, 7 places of worship, 6 government & embassies, 6 clinics & polyclinics, 6 trails & viewpoints, 4 factories & works, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 banks & exchange, 2 stations & terminals.

8710 m at 82°: Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 8720 m at 82°: Terminal Santa Cruz del Sur (stations & terminals); 9020 m at 86°: Museo Municipal (museums); 9040 m at 86°: Monumento (attractions); 9060 m at 86°: Paladar El Faro (cuban cuisine & lechón); 9160 m at 75°: Santa Cruz del Sur (1km) (trails & viewpoints); 9200 m at 86°: Cine Santa Cruz del Sur (theatres & arts); 9230 m at 73°: Vertientes (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 9280 m at 71°: Camagüey (80km) (trails & viewpoints); 9330 m at 69°: Florida (115km) (trails & viewpoints).

Cayos Mate Adentro: marine life records

384 records of 46 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2001: 202 corals, 181 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 54.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 81 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 30 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 25 (fish); Porites astreoides, 19 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 17 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 16 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Porites porites, 14 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 12 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 11 (fish).

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

Cayos Mate Adentro: notes

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

Getting to Cayos Mate Adentro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Santa Cruz del Sur stands about 11 km away.