Cayo Cancamán

Cayo Cancamán: coast and water

7610 m at 167°: Punta de Piedra (point); 7790 m at 54°: Punta Arena (point); 20490 m at 92°: Laguna de las Salinas (lagoon); 26890 m at 90°: Punta Las Navajas (point); 27620 m at 110°: Punta Palmillas (point); 28380 m at 98°: Estero Migote (cove); 29220 m at 70°: Punta Guaníval (point); 31100 m at 59°: Caleta Ventura (cove).

Cayo Cancamán: islands

5130 m at 187°: Cayo El Calvario (island); 12680 m at 231°: Cayo Diego Pérez (island); 15000 m at 275°: Cayo del Masío (island); 20180 m at 124°: Cayo Blanco (island); 21800 m at 246°: Cayo Bonito (island); 23820 m at 116°: Cayo Miguel (island group); 26330 m at 112°: Cayo Rancho de Cándido (island); 43090 m at 56°: Cayos Las Puercas (island group); 44770 m at 270°: Cayo Juan Ruíz (island); 46150 m at 143°: Cayo Arenoso (island); 46660 m at 232°: Cayo Traviesa (island); 54430 m at 278°: Cayo Las Yanas (island).

Cayo Cancamán: inland

18310 m at 326°: Pescadores de Langostas (locality); 18620 m at 50°: San Lázaro (locality); 19340 m at 87°: Laguna Hervidero (lake); 23510 m at 72°: Cazones (locality); 25950 m at 290°: Liborio Alvira (locality); 27030 m at 359°: Las Mercedes (locality).

Cayo Cancamán: distances

26660 m at 87°: Playa Los Cocos; 30660 m at 57°: Ciénaga de Zapata; 32350 m at 59°: Playa Larga; 58050 m at 188°: Vilo Acuña International Airport ; 102480 m at 354°: Port of Matanzas (port); 58670 m at 191°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).

Protected: 18470 m at 291°: Parque Nacional Ciénaga de Zapata.

Cayo Cancamán: close by

1850 m at 0°: Cayo Cobo (cay); 5130 m at 187°: Cayo El Calvario (cay); 6370 m at 271°: Banco de Cazones (reef); 8150 m at 117°: Cayo Cayuelo (cay); 12680 m at 231°: Cayo Diego Pérez (cay); 13070 m at 148°: Cayo Ernest Thaelmann (cay); 14400 m at 146°: Cayos Blancos del Sur (island group); 15010 m at 275°: Cayo del Masío (cay); 15950 m at 266°: Cayo del Macío (cay); 16160 m at 225°: Cayo Flamenco (cay); 19370 m at 135°: Las Lavanderas (reef); 20180 m at 124°: Cayo Blanco (cay).

Cayo Cancamán: on and around

Within 15 km: 2 coral reefs, 1 historic & heritage.

7760 m at 169°: Ernst-Thälmann-Büste (historic & heritage).

Cayo Cancamán: marine life records

1302 records of 77 species within 10 km, 1997 to 2020: 683 corals, 608 fish, 7 seabirds and shorebirds, 3 marine mammals, 1 crustaceans. That is 414.4 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 121 (corals); Acropora palmata, 84 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 80 (corals); Scarus iseri, 76 (fish); Orbicella franksi, 68 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 64 (corals); Sparisoma viride, 62 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 60 (fish); Orbicella annularis, 53 (corals); Haemulon flavolineatum, 48 (fish); Porites astreoides, 47 (corals); Haemulon plumierii, 45 (fish).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Apr 6.

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

Cayo Cancamán: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.