Cayo Alto

Cayo Alto: coast and water

340 m at 303°: Punta Guayo (point); 1680 m at 167°: Punta Gorda (point); 1740 m at 84°: Punta Verraco (point); 2540 m at 157°: Bahia De Sagua De Tanamo (harbour); 2610 m at 86°: Punta Maria-Habana (point); 3500 m at 124°: Punta Cabo (point); 3540 m at 102°: Ensenada Ramona (bay); 3670 m at 135°: Punta Manatí (point).

Cayo Alto: islands

1460 m at 83°: Cayo Juanito (island); 1700 m at 190°: Cayo Limón (island); 2060 m at 352°: Cayo Pájaros (island); 2210 m at 139°: Cayo Turrones (island); 3180 m at 87°: Cayo Bruja (island); 3590 m at 118°: Cayo Medio (island); 4520 m at 135°: Cayo Rosario (island); 4740 m at 138°: Cayo Largo (island); 5170 m at 128°: Cayo Arena (island); 5790 m at 122°: Cayo Ratones (island); 6140 m at 117°: Cayo Quemado (island); 10690 m at 271°: Cayo Ratón (island).

Cayo Alto: inland

2210 m at 139°: Río Tánamo (stream); 2490 m at 154°: Punta Gorda (settlement); 2580 m at 313°: Barrederas Número Seis (hamlet); 3020 m at 276°: Barrederas (settlement); 4920 m at 88°: El Canal (locality); 7210 m at 303°: Río Téneme (stream).

Cayo Alto: distances

2990 m at 279°: Barrederas; 3530 m at 185°: Playa Tánamo; 6730 m at 305°: Playa Barrederas; 95080 m at 113°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 42580 m at 96°: Port of Moa (port); 97360 m at 215°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 18250 m at 205°: Parque Nacional Pico Cristal.

Cayo Alto: close by

1460 m at 83°: Cayo Juanito (cay); 1690 m at 190°: Cayo Limón (cay); 2060 m at 352°: Cayo Pájaros (cay); 2210 m at 139°: Cayo Turrones (cay); 3180 m at 87°: Cayo Bruja (cay); 3590 m at 118°: Cayo Medio (cay); 4520 m at 135°: Cayo Rosario (cay); 4740 m at 138°: Cayo Largo (cay); 5170 m at 128°: Cayo Arena (cay); 5790 m at 122°: Cayo Ratones (cay); 6140 m at 117°: Cayo Quemado (cay); 10690 m at 271°: Cayo Ratón (cay).

Cayo Alto: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 3 guest houses & hostels, 3 schools, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 government & embassies, 2 camp sites, 1 sugar mills & refineries, 1 urban parks & plazas, 1 places of worship, 1 garages & car services.

8010 m at 154°: Casa de la mama de betty (guest houses & hostels); 8640 m at 116°: Parque Eliseo Matos (urban parks & plazas); 9070 m at 116°: Terminal Ómnibus (stations & terminals); 9150 m at 115°: Casa de Papito (guest houses & hostels); 9260 m at 114°: Wapen (theatres & arts); 9510 m at 113°: Casa de Héctor y Magaly (guest houses & hostels); 9790 m at 111°: Museo Municipal Frank País (museums); 12810 m at 290°: Campismo Popular Carenerito (camp sites); 13120 m at 249°: Campismo Cabonico (camp sites).

Cayo Alto: marine life records

23 records of 16 species within 10 km, 1930 to 2012: 13 echinoderms, 4 molluscs, 2 corals, 2 fish, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 sharks and rays. That is 7.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ophiomyxa tumida, 3 (echinoderms); Ophiomusa valida, 2 (echinoderms); Amphiophiura oedignatha, 2 (echinoderms); Littoraria angulifera, 2 (molluscs); Ophiacantha scutata, 2 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella nivea, 2 (echinoderms); Deltocyathus eccentricus, 1 (corals); Puperita pupa, 1 (molluscs); Ophioplax spinulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Rhabdadenia biflora, 1 (seagrass and algae); Neobythites elongatus, 1 (fish); Crassinella, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Alto: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.