Cayo Blanco

Cayo Blanco: coast and water

910 m at 252°: Bajo Piedra Gloria (shoal); 1230 m at 200°: Punta Maja (point); 1330 m at 302°: Ensenada de San Vicente (cove); 1350 m at 169°: Ensenada del Alambique (cove); 1460 m at 319°: Laguna Boyé (lagoon); 1630 m at 127°: Punta Buena Vista (point); 1690 m at 139°: Ensenada de Cabañas (cove); 1730 m at 101°: Ensenada La García (cove).

Cayo Blanco: islands

600 m at 26°: Cayo Buenavista (island); 1170 m at 194°: Cayo Almeja (island); 1290 m at 125°: Cayo del Medio (island); 1380 m at 126°: Cayo Puchi (island); 1490 m at 109°: Cayo Rojo (island); 1520 m at 271°: Cayo San Vicente (island); 1610 m at 95°: Cayo García (island); 3060 m at 226°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 3950 m at 239°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 5410 m at 296°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 5410 m at 296°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 7160 m at 264°: Cayo Negrito (island).

Cayo Blanco: inland

1540 m at 290°: Loma Constante (hill); 1620 m at 156°: Roberto Nodarse (district); 2330 m at 70°: Dominica (stream); 2840 m at 297°: Constante (locality); 2910 m at 159°: El Recreo (locality); 3180 m at 175°: Blanquita (locality).

Cayo Blanco: distances

2390 m at 145°: Cabañas; 3800 m at 225°: Playa La Luisa; 12910 m at 71°: Playa Boca Ciega; 53930 m at 91°: José Martí International Airport ; 19040 m at 92°: Port of Mariel (port); 45610 m at 76°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 15530 m at 196°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Blanco: close by

600 m at 26°: Cayo Buenavista (cay); 1170 m at 194°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 1290 m at 125°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 1390 m at 126°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 1490 m at 109°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 1520 m at 271°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 1610 m at 95°: Cayo García (cay); 3060 m at 226°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 3280 m at 236°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 3950 m at 239°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 5410 m at 296°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 5410 m at 296°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo Blanco: on and around

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

2340 m at 141°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 2380 m at 154°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 2770 m at 33°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 3010 m at 151°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 9250 m at 273°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 10760 m at 186°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 10880 m at 98°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11280 m at 132°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 11580 m at 199°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 12300 m at 103°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 12430 m at 78°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 14120 m at 193°: Loma del Mulo (peaks & volcanoes); 14190 m at 180°: Loma Las Peladas (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Blanco: marine life records

4000+ records of 3258 species within 10 km, 1900 to 1996: 1219 other, 804 molluscs, 576 crustaceans, 559 fish, 323 corals, 170 echinoderms, 100 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 Blanco: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Blanco

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 4.8 km away.