Cayo Cabeza del Este

Cayo Cabeza del Este: coast and water

2350 m at 261°: Laguna La Caguama (lagoon); 4810 m at 250°: Punta Macao (point); 9910 m at 165°: Canal de Cabeza del Este (channel); 11740 m at 290°: Punta Rosales (point); 11810 m at 302°: Canalizo Mexicana (channel); 11930 m at 18°: Canal de la Sepultura (channel); 12660 m at 69°: Canal de la Granada (channel); 15630 m at 74°: Canal de Botijuela (channel); 15960 m at 131°: Banco Levisa (shoal); 20270 m at 73°: Banco Botijuela (shoal); 23930 m at 7°: Canal de Pingüe (channel); 25210 m at 109°: Bajo Ancón del Uvero (shoal); 25900 m at 295°: Pasa Boca de Juan Grin (channel); 27970 m at 97°: Canal Uvero (channel); 29140 m at 65°: Punta los Criollos (point); 29900 m at 61°: Pasa Bergantines (channel).

Cayo Cabeza del Este: islands

6610 m at 328°: Cayo María Velache (island); 7480 m at 289°: Cayo Las Caguamas (island); 8440 m at 321°: Cayo La Yerba (island); 10620 m at 31°: Cayo Inglés (island); 11980 m at 344°: Cayo Café (island); 12750 m at 52°: Cayo Granada (island); 13500 m at 293°: Cayos Contra Punteo (island group); 15880 m at 314°: Cayo Corúa (island); 16670 m at 292°: Cayo Boca Rica (islet); 18720 m at 20°: Cayo Güincho (island); 19680 m at 28°: Cayo Caoba (island); 22330 m at 103°: Cayo Pescador (island); 22570 m at 17°: Cayo las Muñecas (islet); 22720 m at 310°: Cayo La Bola (island); 23360 m at 290°: Cayo Juan Grín (island); 23540 m at 82°: Cayo Ronquito Chico (island); 23540 m at 82°: Cayo Ronquito (island); 23900 m at 23°: Cayos Pingües (island group); 23980 m at 316°: Cayos Los Chinos (island group); 25060 m at 87°: Cayo Almácigo (island); 25810 m at 94°: Cayo Yana (island); 26320 m at 43°: Cayo Piloncito (island); 27600 m at 49°: Cayos Pilón (island group); 27700 m at 66°: Cayos Pasa Honda (island group).

Cayo Cabeza del Este: inland

29040 m at 19°: Sardiñas (locality).

Cayo Cabeza del Este: distances

39720 m at 64°: Santa Cruz del Sur; 41410 m at 66°: Playa Bonita; 78350 m at 78°: Guayabal; 109120 m at 28°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 157680 m at 45°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 217200 m at 308°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Cabeza del Este: close by

4100 m at 169°: Cabeza del Este (cay); 5950 m at 313°: Cayo Alto la Jía (cay); 6610 m at 328°: Cayo María Velache (cay); 7490 m at 289°: Cayo Las Caguamas (cay); 8430 m at 321°: Cayo La Yerba (cay); 8940 m at 331°: Cayo de los Alfaquis (cay); 9050 m at 27°: Cayo Sombrerito (cay); 10630 m at 31°: Cayo Inglés (cay); 10710 m at 322°: Cayo Las Varas (cay); 10920 m at 335°: Cayo Los Hoyos (cay); 11370 m at 312°: Cayo la Loma (cay); 11630 m at 335°: Cayo Cubero (cay).

Cayo Cabeza del Este: on and around

Within 15 km: 1 coral reefs.

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Cayo Cabeza del Este: marine life records

310 records of 44 species within 10 km, 1974 to 2001: 196 fish, 113 corals, 1 sponges. That is 98.7 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Acropora palmata, 41 (corals); Porites astreoides, 23 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 19 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 18 (fish); Scarus iseri, 15 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 14 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 13 (corals); Lutjanus apodus, 13 (fish); Haemulon plumierii, 11 (fish); Sparisoma rubripinne, 11 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Anisotremus virginicus, 10 (fish).

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

Cayo Cabeza del Este: notes

Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.

Getting to Cayo Cabeza del Este

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta Cabeza del Este stands about 4.1 km away.