Cayo Cabezos

Cayo Cabezos: coast and water

3520 m at 339°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 4190 m at 93°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 4710 m at 314°: Quebrado El Almirante (channel); 5070 m at 101°: Punta Gorda (point); 5850 m at 184°: Bahía de Flamenco (bay); 7330 m at 114°: Canal La Cubera (channel); 8550 m at 116°: Canalizo La Cuberita (channel); 9250 m at 264°: Canal del Pargo (channel).

Cayo Cabezos: islands

11060 m at 109°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 11360 m at 139°: Cayo Tinta (island); 13090 m at 265°: Cayo Punta Arenas (island); 17570 m at 134°: Cayo Pasaje (island); 17600 m at 113°: Archipiélago de Sabana (island group); 20170 m at 250°: Cayo Portillo (island); 23740 m at 131°: Cayo Mosquitico (island); 23980 m at 126°: Cayo Mosquito (island); 24110 m at 264°: Cayo Cedro (island); 25840 m at 109°: Cayo Alcatraces (island); 28790 m at 278°: Cayo Galindo (island); 29300 m at 128°: Cayo Frío (island).

Cayo Cabezos: inland

17200 m at 178°: Río Cañas (stream); 19020 m at 203°: La Pepa de Machado (locality); 19040 m at 213°: Monte La Barranca (locality); 19410 m at 182°: Pepín (locality); 20560 m at 192°: San Ramón (hamlet); 21360 m at 186°: San Juan (locality).

Cayo Cabezos: distances

20290 m at 228°: Salinas Bidos; 23450 m at 232°: Salinas La Teja; 24730 m at 177°: Corralillo; 88080 m at 258°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 101240 m at 260°: Port of Matanzas (port); 55140 m at 265°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Cayo Cabezos: close by

2420 m at 1°: Arrecife La Corona (reef); 3520 m at 339°: Arrecife Los Cabezos (reef); 4190 m at 93°: Arrecife Lavandera de Tierra (reef); 4850 m at 279°: Cayos Juan Clarito (island group); 5280 m at 300°: Arrecife Juan Claro (reef); 7750 m at 233°: Cayos Jutías (island group); 10010 m at 251°: Cayo Matancero (cay); 11060 m at 109°: Cayos Falcones (island group); 11360 m at 139°: Cayo Tinta (cay); 11480 m at 93°: Cayo Bahía de Cádiz (cay); 11950 m at 193°: Cayo Negro (cay); 12090 m at 263°: Cayos Arenas (island group).

Cayo Cabezos: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs.

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Cayo Cabezos: marine life records

251 records of 53 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2009: 160 fish, 90 corals, 1 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 79.9 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Millepora complanata, 22 (corals); Acanthurus coeruleus, 15 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Acanthurus bahianus, 13 (fish); Orbicella faveolata, 13 (corals); Haemulon sciurus, 11 (fish); Scarus iseri, 11 (fish); Sparisoma viride, 9 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 9 (fish); Montastraea cavernosa, 9 (corals); Microspathodon chrysurus, 8 (fish); Pseudodiploria strigosa, 8 (corals).

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

Cayo Cabezos: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.

Getting to Cayo Cabezos

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cayo Bahía de Cádiz stands about 12 km away.