Cayo Casiguas

Cayo Casiguas: coast and water

3700 m at 163°: Ensenada del Real (cove); 4280 m at 228°: Estero Reduan (channel); 5040 m at 137°: Punta de Guerra (point); 6440 m at 34°: Pasa de la Mulata (channel); 6820 m at 90°: Punta Chiva (point); 7560 m at 137°: Ensenada del Medio (cove); 8530 m at 90°: Estero Inojal (inlet); 12510 m at 73°: Playa Morrillo (beach).

Cayo Casiguas: islands

950 m at 1°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (island); 2190 m at 120°: Cayo Catalanes (island); 3130 m at 240°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 3410 m at 90°: Cayo Ratón (island); 5040 m at 137°: Cayo Fábrica (island); 6820 m at 90°: Cayo Blanco (island); 8410 m at 86°: Cayo Morrillo (island); 10270 m at 249°: Cayo Levisa (island); 10420 m at 238°: Cayo Dios (island).

Cayo Casiguas: inland

4080 m at 155°: Río de las Cadenas (stream); 5810 m at 163°: Peñalver (locality); 5810 m at 197°: Palma Rubia (locality); 6520 m at 148°: La Serafina (hamlet); 6520 m at 148°: Clavell (locality); 7910 m at 182°: Margajitas (settlement).

Cayo Casiguas: distances

4080 m at 155°: Playa Real; 6520 m at 148°: Playa Luchana; 6520 m at 212°: Playa de Palma Rubia; 105180 m at 85°: José Martí International Airport ; 70440 m at 83°: Port of Mariel (port); 97220 m at 78°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 20880 m at 171°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Casiguas: close by

940 m at 1°: Cayo Mégano de Casiguas (cay); 2190 m at 120°: Cayo Catalanes (cay); 3130 m at 240°: Cayos Alacranes (island group); 3410 m at 90°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 5040 m at 137°: Cayo Fábrica (cay); 6830 m at 90°: Cayo Blanco (cay); 8410 m at 86°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 10040 m at 248°: Club de Buceo (reef); 10270 m at 248°: Cayo Levisa (cay); 10420 m at 238°: Cayo Dios (cay); 12310 m at 78°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 13510 m at 73°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay).

Cayo Casiguas: on and around

Within 15 km: 10 guest houses & hostels, 4 coral reefs, 3 peaks & volcanoes, 2 stations & terminals, 2 historic & heritage, 1 schools, 1 clinics & polyclinics, 1 post offices, 1 universities & colleges.

6570 m at 213°: Cayo Levisa (stations & terminals); 6870 m at 209°: Casa Juan y Silvia (guest houses & hostels); 6890 m at 208°: Villa Mario y Antonia (guest houses & hostels); 6980 m at 207°: Osmani y Yeivi (guest houses & hostels); 12530 m at 198°: Meseta de Cajálbana (peaks & volcanoes); 13510 m at 73°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage); 14990 m at 155°: Monumento a los Mártires (historic & heritage).

Cayo Casiguas: marine life records

38 records of 21 species within 10 km, 1946 to 2020: 10 seagrass and algae, 7 seabirds and shorebirds, 6 crustaceans, 5 fish, 3 molluscs, 3 corals, 2 echinoderms, 1 other, 1 marine mammals. That is 12.1 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Coenobita clypeatus, 6 (crustaceans); Calidris alba, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cocos nucifera, 3 (seagrass and algae); Conocarpus erectus, 3 (seagrass and algae); Laguncularia racemosa, 2 (seagrass and algae); Lutjanus apodus, 2 (fish); Tylosurus crocodilus, 2 (fish); Oreaster reticulatus, 2 (echinoderms); Physalia physalis, 2 (corals); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cassiopea frondosa, 1 (other); Laevicardium serratum, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Casiguas: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.