Cayo Almeja

Cayo Almeja: coast and water

140 m at 262°: Punta Maja (point); 320 m at 347°: Punta Almeja (point); 580 m at 109°: Punta Vicente (point); 700 m at 168°: Punta Guanajo (point); 1110 m at 214°: Punta La Caoba (point); 1370 m at 38°: Ensenada de Matahambre (cove); 1400 m at 96°: Ensenada de Cabañas (cove); 1760 m at 18°: Estero de Mala Habitación (marsh).

Cayo Almeja: islands

1170 m at 14°: Cayo Blanco (island); 1410 m at 73°: Cayo del Medio (island); 1440 m at 77°: Cayo Puchi (island); 1690 m at 313°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 1820 m at 69°: Cayo Rojo (island); 2130 m at 63°: Cayo García (island); 2150 m at 242°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 2530 m at 254°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 3230 m at 254°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 5770 m at 308°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 5770 m at 308°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 6840 m at 273°: Cayo Negrito (island).

Cayo Almeja: inland

1000 m at 110°: Roberto Nodarse (district); 1810 m at 110°: Cabañas (settlement); 2060 m at 140°: El Recreo (locality); 2730 m at 180°: Embalse La Plata (reservoir); 2760 m at 10°: La Herradura (settlement); 2760 m at 228°: Navarrete (settlement).

Cayo Almeja: distances

1850 m at 116°: Cabañas; 2860 m at 237°: Playa La Luisa; 13590 m at 67°: Playa Boca Ciega; 54210 m at 89°: José Martí International Airport ; 19320 m at 88°: Port of Mariel (port); 46170 m at 75°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 14360 m at 196°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Almeja: close by

1170 m at 14°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 1410 m at 73°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 1430 m at 77°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 1700 m at 313°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 1760 m at 18°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 1820 m at 69°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 2130 m at 63°: Cayo García (cay); 2150 m at 242°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 2530 m at 254°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 3230 m at 254°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 5770 m at 308°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 5770 m at 308°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo Almeja: on and around

Within 15 km: 11 mines & quarries, 9 guest houses & hostels, 7 farms & plantations, 6 coral reefs, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 5 factories & works, 5 attractions, 4 schools, 4 stores & supermarkets, 3 trails & viewpoints.

1670 m at 126°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 1880 m at 111°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 2300 m at 131°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 3900 m at 28°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 9110 m at 281°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 9610 m at 185°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 10410 m at 199°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 10770 m at 127°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 11070 m at 92°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 12380 m at 97°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 12940 m at 193°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 13000 m at 73°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 13060 m at 179°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Almeja: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 560 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 99 sponges, 98 seagrass and algae, 76 seabirds and shorebirds, 53 sharks and rays, 20 marine mammals, 2 turtles. That is 1273.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Mesostephanus appendiculatoides, 5 (other); Xiphias gladius, 5 (fish); Lecithochirium musculus, 5 (other); Cardiocephaloides medioconiger, 4 (other); Aponurus laguncula, 4 (other); Apharyngostrigea cornu, 4 (other); Parorchis acanthus, 4 (other); Echinochasmus schwartzi, 4 (other); Calliostoma pulchrum, 3 (molluscs); Renicola glandoloba, 3 (other); Ptilocaulis aulopora, 3 (sponges); Ellisella elongata, 3 (corals).

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

Cayo Almeja: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Almeja

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 4.6 km away.