Cayo Alcatraz

Cayo Alcatraz: coast and water

3830 m at 101°: Estero Migote (cove); 10340 m at 223°: Punta Cayo Blanco (point); 11150 m at 65°: Punta Cupey (point); 12010 m at 88°: Punta Ceibita (point); 12810 m at 92°: Punta Perdiz (point); 13110 m at 238°: Ensenada Palmillas (cove); 13300 m at 15°: Entrada Cazones (cove); 15800 m at 9°: Punta Palizada (point).

Cayo Alcatraz: islands

3190 m at 327°: Cayo Mogote (island); 3190 m at 213°: Cayo Borracho (island); 6310 m at 179°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 7650 m at 203°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 11010 m at 224°: Cayo Blanco (island); 17070 m at 269°: Cayo Cayuelo (island); 18280 m at 242°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 19070 m at 246°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (island); 24560 m at 278°: Cayo Cancamán (island); 24880 m at 282°: Cayo Cobo (island); 24960 m at 266°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 29910 m at 22°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group).

Cayo Alcatraz: inland

6720 m at 312°: Laguna Hervidero (lake); 11890 m at 83°: Punta Perdiz (settlement); 13160 m at 58°: Rosario (locality); 14560 m at 359°: Tienda Vieja (locality); 16980 m at 41°: Hondones (settlement); 17680 m at 22°: Patricio (locality).

Cayo Alcatraz: distances

5280 m at 26°: Playa Los Cocos; 19890 m at 16°: Playa Máquina; 20170 m at 4°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 63070 m at 211°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 81620 m at 86°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 64700 m at 213°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 27880 m at 81°: Refugio de Faunas; 36820 m at 14°: Criadero de Manjuaris (Cuban gar).

Cayo Alcatraz: close by

3180 m at 327°: Cayo Mogote (cay); 3190 m at 213°: Cayo Borracho (cay); 6310 m at 179°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (cay); 7650 m at 203°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 11010 m at 224°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 11860 m at 83°: Centro de Buceo Punta Perdiz (reef); 11950 m at 54°: Cueva de los Peces (reef); 12810 m at 92°: Punta Perdiz (reef); 14660 m at 226°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 17070 m at 269°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 18230 m at 99°: Cueva El Brinco (reef); 18280 m at 242°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group).

Cayo Alcatraz: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 attractions, 3 trails & viewpoints.

5320 m at 280°: Las Salinas (attractions); 6520 m at 317°: Mirador #3 (attractions); 7170 m at 330°: Mirador #2 (attractions); 7970 m at 338°: Mirador #1 (attractions); 11820 m at 83°: Playa Punta Perdiz (attractions); 12040 m at 54°: Cueva de los peces (attractions); 12850 m at 46°: Playa Bea y Moy (attractions).

Cayo Alcatraz: marine life records

768 records of 211 species within 10 km, 1910 to 2026: 384 seabirds and shorebirds, 206 fish, 40 corals, 28 sponges, 25 echinoderms, 23 crustaceans, 22 seagrass and algae, 20 molluscs, 11 other, 8 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals. That is 244.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Egretta rufescens, 50 (seabirds and shorebirds); Platalea ajaja, 37 (seabirds and shorebirds); Hydroprogne caspia, 35 (seabirds and shorebirds); Egretta tricolor, 33 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, 30 (seabirds and shorebirds); Himantopus mexicanus, 25 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sterna maxima, 22 (seabirds and shorebirds); Tringa melanoleuca, 19 (seabirds and shorebirds); Megaceryle alcyon, 18 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pelecanus occidentalis, 15 (seabirds and shorebirds); Pluvialis squatarola, 14 (seabirds and shorebirds); Sparisoma viride, 14 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Jan 6, Feb 63, Mar 33, May 5, Jun 1, Aug 4, Sep 4, Dec 51.

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

Cayo Alcatraz: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.