Cayos Ronquitos

Cayos Ronquitos: coast and water

2460 m at 196°: Canal de Almácigo (channel); 6110 m at 118°: Bajo Leña (shoal); 6760 m at 14°: Canal Pasa Honda (channel); 11790 m at 275°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 13560 m at 12°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel); 16850 m at 114°: Banco Mosquito (shoal); 17050 m at 20°: Laguna Cañones (lagoon); 17930 m at 21°: Laguna Los Mosquitos (lagoon).

Cayos Ronquitos: islands

340 m at 243°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (island); 2730 m at 148°: Cayo Almácigo (island); 5870 m at 159°: Cayo Yana (island); 7210 m at 16°: Cayos Mate (island group); 7730 m at 163°: Cayo Muchacho (island); 7770 m at 13°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group); 9010 m at 147°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (island); 9180 m at 261°: Cayo Rosquete (island); 14180 m at 139°: Cayo Paiva (island); 14780 m at 349°: Cayos Pilón (island group); 15080 m at 140°: Cayo Playas Grandes (island); 16450 m at 131°: Cayo Mosquito Grande (island).

Cayos Ronquitos: inland

18860 m at 39°: La Gloria (hamlet); 19960 m at 26°: Lunanco (locality); 20820 m at 14°: San Narciso (locality); 20830 m at 13°: Caimanes (locality); 21680 m at 11°: La Catalina (hamlet); 22620 m at 13°: San Armando (locality).

Cayos Ronquitos: distances

18530 m at 40°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 19370 m at 48°: Playa Bonita; 54540 m at 77°: Guayabal; 96880 m at 16°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 139180 m at 39°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 229610 m at 346°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayos Ronquitos: close by

330 m at 243°: Cayo Ronquito (cay); 330 m at 243°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (cay); 2730 m at 148°: Cayo Almácigo (cay); 4750 m at 28°: Cayo Güincho (cay); 5480 m at 192°: Cayos Levisa (island group); 5670 m at 193°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 5870 m at 159°: Cayo Yana (cay); 5890 m at 166°: Cayo Leña (cay); 7210 m at 16°: Cayos Mate (island group); 7490 m at 190°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (cay); 7730 m at 163°: Cayo Muchacho (cay); 7740 m at 288°: Cayo Botijuela (cay).

Cayos Ronquitos: marine life records

684 records of 46 species within 15 km, 2001 to 2001: 346 corals, 337 fish, 1 molluscs. That is 96.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 83 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 71 (corals); Porites astreoides, 57 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 42 (fish); Siderastrea siderea, 37 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 31 (fish); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 27 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 25 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 22 (fish); Porites porites, 22 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 21 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 21 (fish).

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

Cayos Ronquitos: notes

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