Cayo Cargado

Cayo Cargado: coast and water

7820 m at 101°: Canal de Bergantines (channel); 12110 m at 116°: Mégano de Bergantines (shoal); 14050 m at 236°: Punta Fraile Norte (point); 15630 m at 242°: Laguna Tunero (lagoon); 15690 m at 238°: Boca Fraile (channel); 16090 m at 228°: Estero Las Auras (estuary); 16670 m at 236°: Punta Fraile (point); 18250 m at 167°: Ensenada Las Anclitas por el Norte (cove).

Cayo Cargado: islands

11490 m at 354°: Cayo Cuervo (island); 11760 m at 92°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 14850 m at 229°: Cayo Caballones (island); 19730 m at 175°: Cayo Anclitas (island group); 26580 m at 59°: Cayo Algodón Grande (island); 27900 m at 137°: Cayo Largo (island); 35240 m at 310°: Cayo Rabihorcado (island); 35930 m at 136°: Cayo Vivero (island); 37660 m at 122°: Cayo La Lisa (island); 37950 m at 52°: Cayo Santa María (island); 38350 m at 149°: Cayos Cachiboca (island group); 39350 m at 136°: Cayos Las Nueve Cuartas (island group).

Cayo Cargado: inland

48030 m at 80°: Las Casimbas (locality); 51710 m at 69°: Resistencia (stream); 53150 m at 81°: San Cristóbal de la Garrapata (locality); 54370 m at 78°: Santa Gertrudis (locality); 54750 m at 56°: Río Altamira (stream); 58670 m at 85°: Santo Domingo (hamlet).

Cayo Cargado: distances

61580 m at 39°: Playa Santa María; 85040 m at 22°: Baraguá; 85220 m at 14°: Jagüeyal; 123430 m at 66°: Ignacio Agramonte International Airport ; 185350 m at 70°: Port of Nuevitas (port); 139250 m at 309°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Protected: 8280 m at 140°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina.

Cayo Cargado: close by

11500 m at 354°: Cayo Cuervo (cay); 11600 m at 114°: Cayo Llanos (cay); 11620 m at 92°: Cayos Bergantines (cay); 11750 m at 92°: Cayo Bergantines (island group); 12470 m at 196°: Jardines de la Reina (island group); 12470 m at 196°: Jardines de la Reina (reef); 12470 m at 196°: Jardines de la Reina (fishing); 14390 m at 53°: Cayos Manuel Gómez (island group); 14840 m at 229°: Cayo Caballones (cay); 15140 m at 211°: Cayo Mangle Alto (cay); 16350 m at 246°: Cayos de las Doce Leguas (island group); 19180 m at 259°: Cayo Grande (cay).

Cayo Cargado: on and around

Within 15 km: 4 coral reefs, 1 parks & reserves.

8280 m at 140°: Parque Nacional Jardines de la Reina (parks & reserves).

Cayo Cargado: marine life records

177 records of 98 species within 10 km, 2009 to 2026: 137 fish, 16 sharks and rays, 7 corals, 6 molluscs, 5 crustaceans, 4 other, 1 echinoderms, 1 turtles. That is 56.3 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Carcharhinus perezii, 7 (sharks and rays); Epinephelus striatus, 7 (fish); Epinephelus itajara, 6 (fish); Balistes vetula, 5 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 5 (fish); Carcharhinus falciformis, 5 (sharks and rays); Mycteroperca bonaci, 5 (fish); Lachnolaimus maximus, 4 (fish); Hypoplectrus puella, 3 (fish); Stegastes planifrons, 3 (fish); Canthigaster rostrata, 3 (fish); Megalops atlanticus, 3 (fish).

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

Cayo Cargado: notes

Most cays are reached by boat with a guide.