Cayo Arbolito

Cayo Arbolito: coast and water

2820 m at 210°: Punta de Chibolo (point); 4530 m at 180°: Bahía Isabela de Sagua (bay); 4820 m at 152°: Punta Playa de Muertos (point); 7070 m at 151°: Punta de Pargo (point); 10270 m at 195°: Punta del Infierno (point); 10390 m at 139°: Punta La Gata (point); 11340 m at 114°: Punta Chernas (point); 12030 m at 122°: Ensenada de la Glorieta (inlet).

Cayo Arbolito: islands

4450 m at 234°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 4760 m at 123°: Cayo Hicacal (island); 5440 m at 120°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (island); 7980 m at 160°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 10630 m at 169°: Cayos Empalizada de Barlovento (island group); 12540 m at 296°: Cayo Verde (island); 12920 m at 130°: Cayo Iguana (island); 12920 m at 270°: Cayo Cuaba (island); 13440 m at 257°: Cayo Mahomito (island); 14130 m at 196°: Cayo Las Glorias (island); 14770 m at 287°: Cayo Basura (island); 16410 m at 201°: Cayo Pelón (island).

Cayo Arbolito: inland

11960 m at 94°: Guaicanamar (locality); 18650 m at 147°: Estación Concha (railway station); 19970 m at 148°: Isabela de Sagua (settlement); 23020 m at 180°: Alcover (locality); 23270 m at 188°: Durán (locality); 23270 m at 172°: San Jorge (locality).

Cayo Arbolito: distances

19430 m at 154°: Playa de Punta Gorda; 19880 m at 148°: Isabela de Sagua; 21850 m at 208°: Playa de Durán; 68840 m at 165°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 109690 m at 198°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 104120 m at 275°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 29610 m at 185°: Mogotes de Jumagua.

Cayo Arbolito: close by

410 m at 274°: Cayuelo de Gandón (cay); 1290 m at 273°: Cayos Gandón (island group); 3860 m at 233°: Cayo Empalizada de Sotavento (cay); 4440 m at 234°: Archipiélago Sabana Camagüey (island group); 4760 m at 123°: Cayo Hicacal (cay); 5440 m at 120°: Cayo Esquivel del Norte (cay); 6130 m at 135°: Cayo Esquivel del Sur (cay); 7120 m at 133°: Cayo Esquivel (cay); 7880 m at 186°: Cayo Rancho del Cojo (cay); 7980 m at 160°: Cayos Rabihorcados (island group); 8860 m at 217°: Cayo El Barbero (cay); 8880 m at 203°: Cayo Ocho Arrobas (cay).

Cayo Arbolito: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Arbolito: marine life records

679 records of 117 species within 10 km, 1938 to 2001: 458 fish, 203 corals, 10 crustaceans, 3 echinoderms, 3 sharks and rays, 2 molluscs. That is 216.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Haemulon sciurus, 36 (fish); Millepora complanata, 36 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 32 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 30 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 29 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 26 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 25 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 24 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 24 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 23 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 22 (fish); Acropora palmata, 21 (corals).

Months with records, sharks and rays: Apr 2, Dec 1.

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

Cayo Arbolito: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Arbolito

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Cristo stands about 14 km away.