Cayo Algodón Grande

Cayo Algodón Grande: coast and water

7240 m at 241°: Canal de Algodones (channel); 10490 m at 23°: Canal Santa María de Afuera (channel); 16280 m at 241°: Bajo Manuel Gómez (shoal); 19520 m at 9°: Cabezo de la Cana (reef); 22690 m at 83°: Punta Potrerillo (point); 24280 m at 59°: Estero del Perro (estuary); 24500 m at 57°: Punta del Perro (point); 26540 m at 106°: Punta Macurijes (point).

Cayo Algodón Grande: islands

7540 m at 223°: Cayo Algodoncito (island); 26460 m at 180°: Cayo Cucaracha (island); 28220 m at 46°: Cayo Miguelito (island); 35470 m at 353°: Cayo Punta de los Machos (island); 38860 m at 197°: Cayo Boca de la Piedra de Piloto (island); 39400 m at 200°: Cayo Boca de Piedra Chiquita (island); 39570 m at 212°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 39580 m at 177°: Cayo Vivero (island); 39680 m at 191°: Cayo Piedra Chica (island); 40040 m at 352°: Cayo Lastre (island); 40150 m at 206°: Cayo Miraflores (island); 40620 m at 229°: Cayo Mangle Alto (island).

Cayo Algodón Grande: inland

27800 m at 62°: Caney de la Barrigona (locality); 28210 m at 55°: Río Altamira (stream); 30290 m at 100°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 31510 m at 59°: Judas (stream); 31570 m at 88°: San Diego (locality); 33430 m at 62°: Arizona (locality).

Cayo Algodón Grande: distances

37740 m at 25°: Playa Santa María; 60740 m at 71°: La Clarita; 61740 m at 73°: Vertientes; 97150 m at 68°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 159330 m at 71°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 150470 m at 299°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 26580 m at 221°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Algodón Grande: close by

7540 m at 223°: Cayo Algodoncito (cay); 8890 m at 355°: Cabezo Orejón (reef); 12010 m at 36°: Cayo Santa María (cay); 12330 m at 245°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 14390 m at 176°: Cayo Mosquito (island group); 17800 m at 192°: Cayo Bonito (cay); 18010 m at 217°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 18130 m at 218°: Cayos Bergantines (cay); 19520 m at 9°: Cabezo de la Cana (reef); 22240 m at 213°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 23960 m at 264°: Cayo Cuervo (cay).

Cayo Algodón Grande: on and around

Within 15 km: 12 coral reefs.

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Cayo Algodón Grande: marine life records

8 records of 8 species within 10 km, 1937 to 2022: 7 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays. That is 2.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Cittarium pica, 1 (molluscs); Carcharhinus perezii, 1 (sharks and rays); Nitidella nitida, 1 (molluscs); Vasula deltoidea, 1 (molluscs); Probata barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Niveria quadripunctata, 1 (molluscs); Bulla striata, 1 (molluscs); Acar domingensis, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Algodón Grande: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Algodón Grande

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Santa María stands about 12 km away.