Cayo Buch

Cayo Buch: coast and water

4540 m at 152°: Ensenada Puerto Francés (bay); 10400 m at 153°: Caleta Lugo (cove); 10800 m at 154°: Punta Lugo (point); 13520 m at 146°: Playita Davis (beach); 18500 m at 65°: Playazo Cañada de Las Piedras (beach); 19420 m at 62°: Laguna Zapatico (lagoon); 19750 m at 39°: Estero del Soldado (estuary); 20240 m at 32°: Punta Buenavista (point); 20420 m at 47°: Playazo El Soldado (beach); 20720 m at 69°: Playazo de la Yagruma (beach); 21030 m at 145°: Cabo Pepe (cape); 21220 m at 111°: Ensenada de Punta Sucia (bay); 21560 m at 36°: Playazo la Malangueta (lagoon); 21760 m at 87°: Playa Roja (beach); 23530 m at 30°: Playa Buenavista (beach); 23620 m at 97°: Bahía de San Pedro (cove).

Cayo Buch: islands

520 m at 13°: Cayo Francés (island); 9190 m at 124°: Cayo Cocodrilos (island); 14980 m at 118°: Cayería Los Boquerones (island group); 18760 m at 116°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 21320 m at 358°: Cayos los Indios (island group); 25590 m at 31°: Cayo Mangle (island).

Cayo Buch: inland

4900 m at 140°: Cueva Los Alemanes (cave); 8420 m at 132°: Los Cayos (locality); 10160 m at 140°: Hato Milián (ranch); 20340 m at 82°: Itabo (stream); 20900 m at 58°: El Mijial (settlement); 21670 m at 45°: Casa de Botes (hamlet); 23110 m at 50°: Delita (settlement); 23910 m at 79°: Itabo Tract de San Pedro (locality); 24170 m at 137°: Jorobado (locality); 24870 m at 52°: Arroyo Hondo (settlement); 25810 m at 57°: El Hatillo (locality); 26460 m at 54°: Cerro Cristal (hill).

Cayo Buch: distances

21760 m at 87°: Playa Roja; 24000 m at 30°: Playa Buenavista; 32310 m at 49°: La Demajagua; 48340 m at 61°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 158510 m at 17°: Port of Mariel (port); 167530 m at 90°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 8450 m at 138°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés.

Cayo Buch: close by

520 m at 13°: Cayo Francés (cay); 720 m at 41°: Punta Francés (reef); 3810 m at 146°: Cabezo de Moya (reef); 9190 m at 124°: Cayo Cocodrilos (cay); 14980 m at 118°: Cayería Los Boquerones (island group); 18760 m at 116°: Cayo Los Pájaros (cay); 19270 m at 104°: Cabezo Punta Sucia (reef); 20070 m at 81°: Perca (reef); 21320 m at 358°: Cayos los Indios (island group).

Cayo Buch: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves, 1 attractions.

8450 m at 138°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés (parks & reserves); 9880 m at 72°: pesquero mío (attractions).

Cayo Buch: marine life records

955 records of 171 species within 10 km, 1919 to 2017: 425 fish, 241 corals, 210 sponges, 33 crustaceans, 24 seagrass and algae, 18 other, 1 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals, 1 turtles. That is 304.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Demospongiae, 56 (sponges); Siderastrea siderea, 36 (corals); Agelas sceptrum, 35 (sponges); Millepora complanata, 32 (corals); Scarus iseri, 31 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 29 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 29 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 24 (fish); Porites astreoides, 23 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 20 (corals).

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

Cayo Buch: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.