Cayo Blanquizal

Cayo Blanquizal: coast and water

4410 m at 274°: Punta Blanquizal (point); 5600 m at 284°: Boca Falcones (channel); 5650 m at 258°: Punta Mujeres (point); 8930 m at 306°: Boca Ciega (channel); 9760 m at 311°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz Lighthouse (lighthouse); 11410 m at 222°: Bahía de Santa Clara (bay); 12120 m at 45°: Arrecife Mégano de Nicolao (reef); 15690 m at 250°: Pasa Baliza (channel).

Cayo Blanquizal: islands

1500 m at 169°: Cayo Basura (island); 7420 m at 176°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 8800 m at 186°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 9010 m at 290°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 9670 m at 310°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (island); 14850 m at 183°: Cayo Triste (island); 15190 m at 124°: Cayo Alto (island); 15220 m at 153°: Cayo Cayeras (island); 15230 m at 170°: Cayo Levisa (island); 17310 m at 172°: Cayo Chino (island); 17370 m at 163°: Cayo Ramajes (island); 18210 m at 111°: Cayo Cuaba (island).

Cayo Blanquizal: inland

21050 m at 200°: Tetuán (locality); 21470 m at 204°: La Nueva Camila (locality); 21670 m at 201°: San Francisco (hamlet); 21730 m at 201°: Remedios (hamlet); 21860 m at 215°: Playa Ganuza (settlement); 22460 m at 197°: San Vicente (locality).

Cayo Blanquizal: distances

19890 m at 199°: Playa La Fe; 23840 m at 168°: Salinas del Jatal; 24560 m at 206°: Sierra Morena; 87180 m at 147°: Abel Santamaria International Airport ; 110990 m at 182°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 73850 m at 271°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Cayo Blanquizal: close by

1500 m at 169°: Cayo Basura (cay); 2720 m at 266°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 4270 m at 240°: Cayo Negro Maco (cay); 5770 m at 139°: Cayo Cera (cay); 5780 m at 107°: Cayo Alcatraces (cay); 6110 m at 154°: Cayo Barco Perdido (cay); 7420 m at 176°: Cayo Mosquito (cay); 7850 m at 32°: Bajo Nicolao (reef); 8320 m at 229°: Cayo Pasaje (cay); 8800 m at 186°: Cayo Mosquitico (cay); 9010 m at 290°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 9670 m at 310°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay).

Cayo Blanquizal: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Cayo Blanquizal: marine life records

267 records of 60 species within 10 km, 1970 to 2001: 149 fish, 116 corals, 2 marine mammals. That is 85.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Porites astreoides, 24 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 19 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 18 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 10 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 10 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 10 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 9 (corals); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 8 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 8 (fish); Lutjanus griseus, 7 (fish).

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

Cayo Blanquizal: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Blanquizal

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 9.8 km away.