Cayo Buenavista

Cayo Buenavista: coast and water

0 m at 90°: Punta Herradura (point); 540 m at 238°: Punta Caoba (point); 1110 m at 186°: Bajo Almeja (shoal); 1400 m at 277°: Ensenada de San Vicente (cove); 1680 m at 176°: Ensenada de Puchi (cove); 1800 m at 186°: Paso Almeja (inlet); 1860 m at 180°: Ensenada del Alambique (cove); 1860 m at 180°: Punta Vicente (point).

Cayo Buenavista: islands

600 m at 206°: Cayo Blanco (island); 1500 m at 148°: Cayo del Medio (island); 1510 m at 117°: Cayo García (island); 1530 m at 131°: Cayo Rojo (island); 1600 m at 148°: Cayo Puchi (island); 1760 m at 198°: Cayo Almeja (island); 3630 m at 223°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (island); 3820 m at 231°: Cayo Los Pinos (island); 4460 m at 235°: Cayo La Sucia (island); 5440 m at 290°: Cayuelo Alonso (island); 5440 m at 290°: Cayuelo del Diamante (island); 7500 m at 260°: Cayo Negrito (island).

Cayo Buenavista: inland

700 m at 25°: Herradura (locality); 1710 m at 270°: Loma Constante (hill); 1880 m at 143°: Playa Buena Vista (settlement); 1940 m at 82°: Dominica (stream); 2050 m at 169°: Roberto Nodarse (district); 2560 m at 153°: Cabañas (settlement).

Cayo Buenavista: distances

2720 m at 156°: Cabañas; 4370 m at 223°: Playa La Luisa; 12500 m at 73°: Playa Boca Ciega; 53670 m at 91°: José Martí International Airport ; 18800 m at 93°: Port of Mariel (port); 45230 m at 77°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 16120 m at 196°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario.

Cayo Buenavista: close by

600 m at 206°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 1500 m at 148°: Cayo del Medio (cay); 1510 m at 117°: Cayo García (cay); 1530 m at 131°: Cayo Rojo (cay); 1600 m at 148°: Cayo Puchi (cay); 1760 m at 198°: Cayo Almeja (cay); 1850 m at 254°: Cayo San Vicente (cay); 3620 m at 223°: Cayo La Piedra de Dios (cay); 3810 m at 231°: Cayo Los Pinos (cay); 4460 m at 235°: Cayo La Sucia (cay); 5440 m at 290°: Cayuelo Alonso (cay); 5440 m at 290°: Cayuelo del Diamante (cay).

Cayo Buenavista: on and around

Within 15 km: 13 factories & works, 10 mines & quarries, 6 coral reefs, 5 guest houses & hostels, 5 peaks & volcanoes, 3 schools, 3 fuel stations, 3 stores & supermarkets, 3 farms & plantations, 2 camp sites.

2180 m at 35°: Campismo La Herradura (camp sites); 2650 m at 153°: Cine de Cabañas (theatres & arts); 2780 m at 163°: Monumento a los Mártires de Cabañas (historic & heritage); 3390 m at 159°: Villa Louis Montesino (guest houses & hostels); 9500 m at 270°: Campismo San Pedro (camp sites); 10710 m at 101°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 11330 m at 187°: Loma del Rubí (peaks & volcanoes); 11460 m at 135°: Loma La Gobernadora (peaks & volcanoes); 12070 m at 80°: Hotel Villa Alicia (guest houses & hostels); 12170 m at 199°: Las Ánimas (peaks & volcanoes); 12180 m at 106°: El yuni (guest houses & hostels); 14530 m at 95°: Terminal Intermodal Angosta (stations & terminals); 14580 m at 95°: Angosta ZED Mariel (stations & terminals).

Cayo Buenavista: 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 Buenavista: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Buenavista

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Fría stands about 5.0 km away.