Cayo Blanco

Cayo Blanco: coast and water

1710 m at 90°: Estero Inojal (inlet); 1850 m at 180°: Punta del Medio (point); 1850 m at 180°: Ensenada Santa Rosalía de las Vegas (cove); 2690 m at 249°: Ensenada de La Mulata (bay); 4080 m at 25°: Canal el Morrillo (channel); 6260 m at 329°: Pasa de la Mulata (channel); 6320 m at 54°: Playa Morrillo (beach); 6320 m at 54°: Pasa Morrillo (channel); 6330 m at 234°: Playa Real (beach); 6520 m at 212°: Playa Luchana (beach); 6720 m at 238°: Ensenada del Real (cove); 10410 m at 254°: Estero Reduan (channel); 11120 m at 257°: Punta Alacranes (point); 11660 m at 242°: Playa de Palma Rubia (beach); 12080 m at 58°: Playa El Pino (beach); 14430 m at 64°: Laguna La Tabla (lagoon).

Cayo Blanco: islands

1670 m at 70°: Cayo Morrillo (island); 3410 m at 270°: Cayo Ratón (island); 5040 m at 223°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 5060 m at 257°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 6820 m at 270°: Cayo Casiguas (island); 6870 m at 278°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 9670 m at 261°: Cayos Alacranes (island group).

Cayo Blanco: inland

3230 m at 172°: Río Las Pozas (stream); 3890 m at 62°: El Mirador (locality); 4080 m at 155°: Arroyo La Doncella (stream); 5440 m at 70°: Playitas (settlement); 5560 m at 180°: Río Viejo (stream); 5810 m at 197°: Las Lisas (hamlet); 6280 m at 102°: San Joaquín (hamlet); 6610 m at 185°: San Marcos (settlement); 6800 m at 193°: La Mulata (settlement); 7070 m at 75°: San José (hamlet); 7410 m at 180°: Fábrica (hamlet); 7410 m at 180°: Pendencia (locality).

Cayo Blanco: distances

6320 m at 54°: Playa Morrillo; 6320 m at 126°: Arroyo de Piedra; 6330 m at 234°: Playa Real; 98380 m at 85°: José Martí International Airport ; 63670 m at 83°: Port of Mariel (port); 90550 m at 77°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 20970 m at 190°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Blanco: close by

1670 m at 69°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 3410 m at 270°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5040 m at 223°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 5060 m at 257°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 5800 m at 64°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 6830 m at 270°: Cayo Casiguas (cay); 6870 m at 278°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 7260 m at 57°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 9680 m at 261°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 16570 m at 257°: Club de Buceo (reef); 16600 m at 250°: Cayo Dios (cay); 16810 m at 257°: Cayo Levisa (cay).

Cayo Blanco: on and around

Within 15 km: 11 guest houses & hostels, 4 coral reefs, 3 historic & heritage, 3 peaks & volcanoes, 2 schools, 1 camp sites, 1 stations & terminals, 1 trails & viewpoints.

5960 m at 193°: Villa Don Jose Otaño y Maria (guest houses & hostels); 7260 m at 57°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage); 8820 m at 128°: Villa Morán (guest houses & hostels); 8970 m at 126°: Mounmento a la Batalla de Cacarajícara (historic & heritage); 8970 m at 59°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 9400 m at 73°: Casa Abella (guest houses & hostels); 11750 m at 242°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 13600 m at 182°: Monumento a los Mártires (historic & heritage); 13860 m at 179°: Sendero a la cima del Pan de Guajaibón (trails & viewpoints); 14390 m at 181°: Pan de Guajaibón (peaks & volcanoes); 14820 m at 166°: Sierra Chiquita (peaks & volcanoes); 14940 m at 139°: Sierra Azul (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Blanco: marine life records

9 records of 8 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2016: 3 crustaceans, 2 echinoderms, 1 corals, 1 fish, 1 molluscs, 1 marine mammals. That is 2.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 2 (crustaceans); Pennaria disticha, 1 (corals); Calappa ocellata, 1 (crustaceans); Isostichopus badionotus, 1 (echinoderms); Thalassoma bifasciatum, 1 (fish); Diadema antillarum, 1 (echinoderms); Pyrgostylus striatulus, 1 (molluscs); Mesoplodon europaeus, 1 (marine mammals).

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

Cayo Blanco: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.