Cayo Almácigo

Cayo Almácigo: coast and water

2090 m at 269°: Canal de Almácigo (channel); 10520 m at 288°: Canal de Botijuela (channel); 13430 m at 5°: Pasa Bergantines (channel); 13580 m at 284°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 15650 m at 5°: Pasa Mate de Adentro (channel); 16000 m at 137°: Canal Cuatro Reales (channel); 16890 m at 18°: Estero Esterón (estuary); 17090 m at 6°: Pasa Mordaza de la Tierra (channel).

Cayo Almácigo: islands

2780 m at 321°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (island); 5750 m at 208°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (island); 6280 m at 146°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (island); 6950 m at 139°: Cayos Pájaros (island group); 9280 m at 3°: Cayos Mate (island group); 11500 m at 137°: Cayo Paiva (island); 12720 m at 48°: Cayería la Sierra (island group); 13890 m at 134°: Cayo Playa Blanca (island); 14110 m at 40°: Cayo Largo de Mordazo (island); 15570 m at 28°: Cayos Pinipiniche (island group); 16320 m at 294°: Cayo Granada (island); 16740 m at 131°: Cayo Cuatro Reales (island).

Cayo Almácigo: inland

19940 m at 31°: La Gloria (hamlet); 21540 m at 29°: Las Minas (locality); 21540 m at 29°: La Caridad (locality); 22830 m at 9°: San Narciso (locality); 23980 m at 355°: Sabanalamar (locality); 24010 m at 28°: Cambute (settlement).

Cayo Almácigo: distances

19560 m at 33°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 20050 m at 40°: Playa Bonita; 53730 m at 74°: Guayabal; 98730 m at 15°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 140090 m at 38°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 232220 m at 346°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Almácigo: close by

2730 m at 328°: Cayos Ronquitos (island group); 2780 m at 322°: Cayo Ronquito (cay); 2780 m at 322°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (cay); 3230 m at 167°: Cayo Yana (cay); 3380 m at 180°: Cayo Leña (cay); 3990 m at 221°: Cayos Levisa (island group); 4200 m at 220°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 5140 m at 171°: Cayo Muchacho (cay); 5740 m at 208°: Cayo Médano de Levisa (cay); 6290 m at 146°: Cayo Pájaro Chico (cay); 6570 m at 7°: Cayo Güincho (cay); 6950 m at 139°: Cayos Pájaros (island group).

Cayo Almácigo: marine life records

374 records of 37 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2001: 202 corals, 172 fish. That is 119.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora alcicornis, 81 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 30 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 25 (fish); Porites astreoides, 19 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 17 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 16 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Porites porites, 14 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 12 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 12 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 12 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 11 (fish).

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

Cayo Almácigo: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.