Cayo Alcatraz

Cayo Alcatraz: coast and water

770 m at 140°: Punta Movida (point); 1100 m at 321°: Punta Arenás (point); 1200 m at 215°: Punta Cabos (point); 1200 m at 215°: Ensenada de las Damas (cove); 1200 m at 215°: Bajo de la Milpa (shoal); 1860 m at 312°: Punta Carabineros (point); 2060 m at 272°: Caleta Bruno (cove); 2210 m at 316°: Punta Piedras (point); 2410 m at 92°: Punta de Cayo Ocampo (point); 2550 m at 290°: Punta Tamboril (point); 3250 m at 211°: Punta de Cocos (point); 4520 m at 300°: Ensenada El Jucaral (cove); 4550 m at 79°: Estero de Balandras (inlet); 4620 m at 351°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 4640 m at 180°: Faro de Punta de Los Colorados (lighthouse); 4900 m at 8°: Ensenada de las Calabazas (cove).

Cayo Alcatraz: islands

2100 m at 308°: Cayo Carenas (island); 2340 m at 83°: Cayo Ocampo (island); 3740 m at 86°: Cayo Colorado (island); 4160 m at 74°: Cayo Madama (island); 4640 m at 55°: Cayo Corojo (island); 4810 m at 42°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Cayo Alcatraz: inland

1200 m at 215°: Cueva de las Damas (locality); 2150 m at 227°: Pasacaballos (hotel); 2600 m at 248°: Cueva Bruno (cave); 3730 m at 220°: Sabanilla (locality); 4230 m at 256°: Miramar (locality); 4350 m at 157°: Rancho Luna (settlement); 4510 m at 13°: Hotel Punta La Cueva (hotel); 4580 m at 242°: Adela (locality); 4850 m at 56°: Caunao (stream); 5330 m at 31°: Concepción (locality); 5700 m at 298°: La Cantera (locality); 5900 m at 278°: Aguada Gil (locality).

Cayo Alcatraz: distances

7660 m at 2°: Cienfuegos; 11950 m at 282°: Juraguá; 14180 m at 143°: Las Playitas; 8800 m at 20°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 8280 m at 2°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 7220 m at 353°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 33340 m at 106°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Alcatraz: close by

2090 m at 308°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 2340 m at 83°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 3730 m at 86°: Cayo Colorado (cay); 4160 m at 74°: Cayo Madama (cay); 4430 m at 159°: Diving Center (reef); 4630 m at 55°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 4800 m at 42°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 6330 m at 353°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 6950 m at 343°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 7360 m at 353°: Muelle Real (fishing); 7400 m at 350°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 8030 m at 341°: Punta Arenas (fishing).

Cayo Alcatraz: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 48 schools, 27 factories & works, 24 attractions, 20 clinics & polyclinics, 18 stores & supermarkets, 17 garages & car services, 15 government & embassies, 14 stadiums & sport, 13 historic & heritage.

2180 m at 242°: Hostal Punta Pie (guest houses & hostels); 2210 m at 256°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 2300 m at 239°: Castillo de Jagua (stations & terminals); 2370 m at 231°: Pasacaballos (stations & terminals); 2620 m at 236°: Ciudad Nuclear (stations & terminals); 3370 m at 214°: Campismo Popular de Jagua (camp sites); 4350 m at 161°: Delfinario Cienfuegos (attractions); 4360 m at 158°: Hostal Deliz (guest houses & hostels); 4360 m at 160°: Los Corales (attractions); 4390 m at 158°: Granja de Carlitos (guest houses & hostels); 4760 m at 347°: Mirador la punta (attractions); 4800 m at 348°: Villa Lagarto (attractions); 5110 m at 150°: Centro Provincial de Entrenamiento Deportivo (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Alcatraz: marine life records

222 records of 143 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 116 molluscs, 49 fish, 33 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 crustaceans, 5 other, 2 sharks and rays. That is 70.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 12 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 5 (molluscs); Pterois, 5 (fish); Echinolittorina ziczac, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Syringodium filiforme, 4 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 3 (molluscs).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Alcatraz: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Alcatraz

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 4.6 km away.