Cayo Alacrán Grande

Cayo Alacrán Grande: coast and water

8810 m at 139°: Pasa de la Manteca (channel); 15090 m at 280°: Canal de La Rica (channel); 16510 m at 209°: Punta El Lindero (point); 16580 m at 196°: Playa Gerona (beach); 17290 m at 184°: Ensenada de Colombo (cove); 18670 m at 217°: Ensenada Las Barricas (cove); 19470 m at 221°: Punta Las Barricas (point); 21190 m at 226°: Ensenada de las Nuevas (cove).

Cayo Alacrán Grande: islands

2930 m at 285°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 3560 m at 271°: Cayo Alacrán Chico (island); 8790 m at 254°: Cayo Redondo (island); 10330 m at 266°: Cayo La Resaca (island); 13000 m at 272°: Cayo Campito (island); 14820 m at 273°: Cayos de Mangles (island group); 20430 m at 352°: Cayos del Hambre (island group); 20670 m at 137°: Cayo Quitasol (island); 21080 m at 140°: Cayo Jaco (island); 21510 m at 141°: Cayo Jaquito (island); 23800 m at 140°: Cayos de los Inglesitos (island group); 27000 m at 136°: Cayo de Navío (island).

Cayo Alacrán Grande: inland

16290 m at 194°: Río Los Muertos (stream); 16390 m at 199°: Río Los Colonos (stream); 17800 m at 182°: Sierra Maestra (hill); 17810 m at 194°: Reina Amalia (settlement); 18010 m at 195°: La Pera (settlement); 18020 m at 189°: Arroyo Ocuje (stream).

Cayo Alacrán Grande: distances

16580 m at 196°: Playa Gerona; 17900 m at 178°: Playa Colombo; 18690 m at 168°: Playa de Flamencos; 25090 m at 183°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 103430 m at 1°: Port of Mariel (port); 118140 m at 13°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Cayo Alacrán Grande: close by

2930 m at 284°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 3560 m at 272°: Cayo Alacrán Chico (cay); 5510 m at 145°: Cayo Las Pasas (cay); 8790 m at 254°: Cayo Redondo (cay); 10340 m at 266°: Cayo La Resaca (cay); 11480 m at 264°: Cayo la Malanga (cay); 11480 m at 264°: Cayos Alcatraces (island group); 12110 m at 126°: Cayos de la Manteca (island group); 13000 m at 272°: Cayo Campito (cay); 14770 m at 337°: Cayo Hambre (cay); 14820 m at 273°: Cayos de Mangles (island group); 14970 m at 127°: Cayo Grande (cay).

Cayo Alacrán Grande: marine life records

19 records of 11 species within 10 km, 1952 to 2018: 19 fish. That is 6.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Harengula, 2 (fish); Canthigaster rostrata, 2 (fish); Strongylura notata, 2 (fish); Harengula clupeola, 2 (fish); Xiphias gladius, 2 (fish); Anchoa lamprotaenia, 2 (fish); Eucinostomus, 2 (fish); Caranx latus, 2 (fish); Atherinomorus stipes, 1 (fish); Acanthuridae, 1 (fish); Megalops atlanticus, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Alacrán Grande: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.