Cayo Burro

Cayo Burro: coast and water

2220 m at 234°: Punta de Piedra (point); 3600 m at 123°: Boca Cabañas (cove); 6850 m at 244°: Punta Barlovento (point); 7390 m at 242°: Bahía de Yaguaneque (cove); 9110 m at 99°: Punta Manatí (point); 9230 m at 121°: Bahía Cayo Moa (bay); 10040 m at 252°: Bahía de Cananova (cove); 10380 m at 112°: Punta Pájaro (point); 11350 m at 107°: Punta Carnero (point); 13260 m at 103°: Quebrado de Moa (channel); 13640 m at 109°: Bajo Grande (shoal); 14780 m at 114°: Punta Río Moa (point); 15200 m at 109°: Bajo Estrello (shoal); 15970 m at 108°: Bajo Chinchorro (shoal); 27650 m at 110°: Punta Mangle (point); 29580 m at 262°: Punta del Ahorcado (point).

Cayo Burro: islands

9510 m at 97°: Cayo Chico (island); 10370 m at 101°: Cayo Moa Grande (island).

Cayo Burro: inland

5350 m at 236°: Río Colorado (stream); 6870 m at 169°: Centeno (settlement); 7680 m at 131°: Islazul Miraflores (hotel); 8250 m at 155°: Cabaña de Centeno (settlement); 8970 m at 187°: La Curva de Centeno (settlement); 10550 m at 216°: El Número Quince (locality); 10780 m at 243°: Mendieta (locality); 11630 m at 248°: Boca de Cananova (locality); 11730 m at 235°: Arroyo Cayo Chiquito (stream); 12690 m at 137°: Arroyo La Veguita (stream); 12800 m at 225°: Cananova (settlement); 12880 m at 228°: Río Melena (stream).

Cayo Burro: distances

8120 m at 128°: CDR 7 de la Zona 40 (Moa); 9020 m at 132°: Moa; 23750 m at 272°: Mejías Beach; 64770 m at 126°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 8970 m at 129°: Port of Moa (port); 121930 m at 228°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 28660 m at 153°: Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt.

Cayo Burro: close by

9510 m at 97°: Cayo Chico (cay); 10370 m at 101°: Cayo Moa Grande (cay); 23180 m at 270°: Camaronera (fishing).

Cayo Burro: on and around

Within 15 km: 17 schools, 16 stores & supermarkets, 11 clinics & polyclinics, 11 government & embassies, 9 guest houses & hostels, 9 urban parks & plazas, 8 factories & works, 7 mines & quarries, 5 stadiums & sport, 5 banks & exchange.

7550 m at 128°: Casa de beto (guest houses & hostels); 7730 m at 133°: Hotelito Universidad (guest houses & hostels); 7830 m at 129°: Campo de Softbol (stadiums & sport); 7840 m at 132°: Rotonda la Fuente (urban parks & plazas); 7850 m at 127°: Parque (urban parks & plazas); 7980 m at 146°: Ferroniquel (mines & quarries); 8140 m at 128°: Area de Recreo (urban parks & plazas); 8160 m at 131°: Anfiteatro del Pueblo (theatres & arts); 8200 m at 125°: Casa Dionnis y Daynaris (guest houses & hostels); 8490 m at 131°: Las Almendras (urban parks & plazas); 8490 m at 131°: Plaza Triangular (urban parks & plazas); 8650 m at 132°: Ángel Romero Videaux (stadiums & sport); 8670 m at 142°: Empresa Mecánica del Níquel (mines & quarries).

Cayo Burro: marine life records

22 records of 17 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2021: 9 corals, 6 fish, 4 echinoderms, 1 sharks and rays, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 crustaceans. That is 7.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) coronatus, 4 (corals); Neoscopelus macrolepidotus, 2 (fish); Stylaster laevigatus, 2 (corals); Aphanipathes, 1 (corals); Ophiosphalma serratum, 1 (echinoderms); Hexanchus griseus, 1 (sharks and rays); Amphiura otteri, 1 (echinoderms); Nicella, 1 (corals); Distichopathes filix, 1 (corals); Synaphobranchus affinis, 1 (fish); Cassytha filiformis, 1 (seagrass and algae); Munidopsis cubensis, 1 (crustaceans).

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

Cayo Burro: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Burro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Moa Grande stands about 11 km away.