Cayo Ancón

Cayo Ancón: coast and water

3670 m at 87°: Boca Guajaba (inlet); 5910 m at 345°: Ensenada de Cordera (bay); 8570 m at 155°: Laguna del Hato (lagoon); 12950 m at 343°: Playa el Muerto Cayo Romano (beach); 13760 m at 128°: Punta de Piedra (point); 16520 m at 179°: Punta Viaró (point); 18350 m at 201°: Ensenada de Magua (cove); 18620 m at 319°: Laguna del Noy (lagoon).

Cayo Ancón: islands

2060 m at 88°: Cayo Montañés (island); 8360 m at 235°: Cayo Iguana (islet); 8870 m at 228°: Cayo Corúa (islet); 8900 m at 239°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (islet); 9980 m at 167°: Cayo Garrapón (island); 10650 m at 124°: Cayo Guajaba Playa (islet); 11720 m at 247°: Cayo Largo (S Cayo Romano) (islet); 15880 m at 299°: Cayería Norte Camagüey (islet); 18310 m at 321°: Cayo Noy (island); 21160 m at 347°: Cayo Verde (island); 23980 m at 322°: Cayo Estanislao (island); 24920 m at 323°: Cayo La Aguada (island).

Cayo Ancón: inland

7600 m at 333°: Versalles (settlement); 10010 m at 151°: Cayo Guajaba Hato Loma (hill); 15440 m at 151°: Los Hornos (settlement); 20750 m at 227°: Guanaja Embarcadero (settlement); 20810 m at 194°: Las Palmas (hamlet); 21160 m at 226°: Arroyo Soledad (stream).

Cayo Ancón: distances

18440 m at 204°: Playa Piloto; 18780 m at 234°: Playa Guanaja; 28120 m at 218°: Sierra de Cubitas; 62340 m at 204°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 55240 m at 140°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 131290 m at 304°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Ancón: close by

2070 m at 88°: Cayo Montañés (cay); 2170 m at 325°: Cayo La Espera (cay); 2380 m at 206°: Cayo La Alegría (cay); 3110 m at 353°: Cayo Anconcito (cay); 4190 m at 280°: Cayo Anegadizo de Romano (cay); 4580 m at 301°: Cayo Las Casimbas (cay); 5400 m at 215°: Cayo Toro (cay); 8360 m at 235°: Cayo Iguana (cay); 8440 m at 222°: Cayo Sardina (cay); 8870 m at 228°: Cayo Corúa (cay); 8900 m at 239°: Cayo Delicias Sabana-Camagüey (cay); 9990 m at 167°: Cayo Garrapón (cay).

Cayo Ancón: on and around

Within 15 km: 8 coral reefs, 2 peaks & volcanoes.

12160 m at 336°: Silla de Romano (peaks & volcanoes); 14400 m at 148°: Silla de Luis Mae (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Ancón: marine life records

59 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1907 to 2001: 58 corals, 1 marine mammals. That is 18.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Orbicella annularis, 10 (corals); Siderastrea siderea, 10 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 8 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 6 (corals); Porites astreoides, 4 (corals); Diploria labyrinthiformis, 2 (corals); Millepora alcicornis, 1 (corals); Physeter macrocephalus, 1 (marine mammals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 1 (corals); Montastraea, 1 (corals); Colpophyllia natans, 1 (corals).

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

Cayo Ancón: notes

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