Cayos Rabihorcados

Cayos Rabihorcados: coast and water

3850 m at 52°: Playa del Esquivel (beach); 4080 m at 95°: Punta La Gata (point); 5090 m at 28°: Playa El Roteño (beach); 5180 m at 90°: Cañón del Esquivel (channel); 5880 m at 246°: Punta del Infierno (point); 5890 m at 15°: Punta Puerto Escondido (point); 6230 m at 156°: Bahía Sagua la Grande (bay); 6520 m at 321°: Punta de Chibolo (point).

Cayos Rabihorcados: islands

3140 m at 96°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 3580 m at 265°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (island); 3600 m at 27°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (island); 7990 m at 95°: Cayo Matahambre (island); 8050 m at 273°: Cayo El Barbero (island); 8290 m at 128°: Cayo Levisa (island); 8420 m at 95°: Cayo Bicho (island); 9650 m at 244°: Cayo Cuadrado (island); 10580 m at 225°: Cayo Veloz (island); 13080 m at 255°: Cayo La Chiva (island); 13120 m at 277°: Los Conucos (island); 14720 m at 250°: Cayo Las Toninas (island).

Cayos Rabihorcados: inland

11440 m at 54°: Guaicanamar (locality); 11800 m at 112°: Las Miravillas (settlement); 12300 m at 139°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 13150 m at 154°: Fortuna (hamlet); 13680 m at 184°: Roldán (locality); 13910 m at 181°: Júcaro (hamlet).

Cayos Rabihorcados: distances

11530 m at 150°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 12220 m at 139°: Isabela de Sagua; 17500 m at 228°: Playa de Durán; 60890 m at 166°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 103460 m at 200°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 104940 m at 201°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 22630 m at 194°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayos Rabihorcados: close by

3000 m at 193°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 3150 m at 96°: Cayos Redondos (island group); 3580 m at 265°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 3600 m at 27°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 3630 m at 43°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 5110 m at 15°: Cayo Hicacal (cay); 5190 m at 23°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (cay); 6250 m at 264°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (cay); 7090 m at 215°: Cayo Bamba (cay); 7270 m at 96°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 7780 m at 63°: Cayuelo del Cristo (cay); 7800 m at 312°: Cayo Empalizada de Sotavento (cay).

Cayos Rabihorcados: on and around

Within 15 km: 6 salt works, 2 factories & works, 1 historic & heritage, 1 marinas, 1 stations & terminals, 1 cuban cuisine & lechón, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 schools.

12080 m at 138°: La Casona (historic & heritage); 12130 m at 137°: Marinas & Náutica Marlin Isabela (marinas); 12190 m at 140°: Concha (Isabela) (stations & terminals); 12210 m at 136°: Paladar la Estrella (cuban cuisine & lechón).

Cayos Rabihorcados: marine life records

769 records of 151 species within 15 km, 1931 to 2024: 506 fish, 202 corals, 28 crustaceans, 17 marine mammals, 5 molluscs, 5 other, 4 sharks and rays, 2 echinoderms. That is 108.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 38 (fish); Millepora complanata, 36 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 32 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 30 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 29 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 27 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 25 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 24 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 24 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 23 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 22 (fish); Acropora palmata, 21 (corals).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 3, Dec 1; marine mammals: Jan 16, Jun 1.

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

Cayos Rabihorcados: notes

The pin is one reference point of a larger group.

Getting to Cayos Rabihorcados

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 10 km away.