Cayo Antón Chico

Cayo Antón Chico: coast and water

12670 m at 101°: Punta Oeste del Mégano (point); 14040 m at 213°: Laguna Cubera (lagoon); 15340 m at 317°: Playa del Norte (beach); 16690 m at 152°: Laguna Media Esponja (lagoon); 16920 m at 111°: Ensenada Negro (bay); 17340 m at 143°: Ensenada Sureste (cove); 22320 m at 190°: Punta Róbalo (point); 23150 m at 284°: Canal de Paredón Grande (channel).

Cayo Antón Chico: islands

4060 m at 174°: Cayo Cobo (island); 9620 m at 305°: Cayo Mosca (islet); 12800 m at 121°: Cayo Norte (island); 16140 m at 315°: Cayo Paredón Grande (island); 16570 m at 126°: Cayo Boca del Atravesado (island); 16970 m at 191°: Cayo Curiana (islet); 17400 m at 124°: Cayo del Gallego (island); 18560 m at 291°: Cayo del Medio (islet); 19810 m at 116°: Cayo del Ahogado (island); 19900 m at 304°: Cayo Paredón de Lado (island); 20170 m at 134°: Cayo Kiko (island); 20460 m at 125°: Cayo El Coco (island).

Cayo Antón Chico: inland

16580 m at 315°: Paredon Grande (airfield); 17600 m at 254°: Alto de Juan Sáez (hill); 26740 m at 136°: Alto del Ají (hill); 28150 m at 123°: Iberostar Selection Esmeralda (hotel); 28350 m at 123°: Iberostar Coral Esmeralda (hotel); 28950 m at 293°: Casasa (locality).

Cayo Antón Chico: distances

32010 m at 195°: Playa la Mula; 38380 m at 177°: Playa Guaney; 41320 m at 147°: Cayo Romano; 29820 m at 288°: Jardines Del Rey Airport ; 123110 m at 138°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 67000 m at 290°: Marina Marlin Cayo Guillermo (marina).

Cayo Antón Chico: close by

4060 m at 174°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 4240 m at 313°: Cayo Vaca (cay); 5920 m at 322°: Cayo Antón Grande (cay); 6920 m at 137°: Cayo Caimán (cay); 7670 m at 115°: Cayo Mégano Chico (cay); 9620 m at 305°: Cayo Mosca (cay); 10220 m at 148°: Archipiélago de Camagüey (island group); 12110 m at 310°: Cayo Elías (cay); 12790 m at 300°: Cayo Los Paisajes (cay); 12800 m at 121°: Cayo Norte (cay); 12890 m at 143°: Cayo Cuerno (cay); 14170 m at 134°: Cayo Montañés (cay).

Cayo Antón Chico: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 1 marinas.

13030 m at 315°: Paredón pesca (marinas).

Cayo Antón Chico: marine life records

146 records of 47 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2024: 75 fish, 56 corals, 15 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 46.5 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pseudodiploria clivosa, 14 (corals); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 9 (fish); Millepora complanata, 8 (corals); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 7 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 7 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 6 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 6 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 5 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 4 (fish); Acropora palmata, 4 (corals); Porites porites, 4 (corals).

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

Cayo Antón Chico: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Antón Chico

• By road: a causeway (pedraplén) reaches Cayo Antón Chico, mapped in OpenStreetMap as Pedraplén de Cayo Antón Chico.