Cayo Cedro

Cayo Cedro: coast and water

1800 m at 322°: Laguna de Cayo Cedro (lagoon); 2040 m at 152°: Punta La Sevilla (point); 2520 m at 76°: Torrentera de Cayo Cedro (channel); 2580 m at 247°: Ensenada del Ferrol (cove); 5780 m at 331°: Punta Empalizada (point); 6120 m at 181°: Estero de Huevo Frito (lagoon); 6260 m at 234°: Punta El Factor (point); 6690 m at 149°: Punta Las Tunas (point).

Cayo Cedro: islands

2190 m at 271°: Cayo Hornilla (island); 6810 m at 274°: Cayo Seboruco (island); 8540 m at 282°: Cayo Melón (island); 8800 m at 272°: Cayo Seboruquito (island); 9450 m at 268°: Cayo Palomo (island); 11020 m at 83°: Cayo Punta Arenas (island); 11980 m at 294°: Cayo el Sombrero (island); 12020 m at 85°: Cayos Arenas (island group); 13970 m at 259°: Cayo Hijo de Cayo Machos (island); 14680 m at 118°: Cayo Rioja (island); 15870 m at 268°: Cayo Machos (island); 16840 m at 291°: Cayos de las Brujas (island group).

Cayo Cedro: inland

12940 m at 168°: Playa Menéndez (settlement); 15100 m at 150°: Las Barrancas (locality); 15470 m at 160°: Bolaños (settlement); 15600 m at 205°: La Palma (stream); 16070 m at 172°: Menéndez (locality); 16490 m at 143°: Los Alemanes (locality).

Cayo Cedro: distances

12850 m at 183°: Playa Musulmanes; 13250 m at 155°: Salinas La Teja; 14190 m at 141°: Salinas Bidos; 64190 m at 255°: Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport ; 77210 m at 259°: Port of Matanzas (port); 31040 m at 265°: Marina Gaviota Varadero (marina).

Protected: 19240 m at 291°: Reserva Ecológica Cayo Mono Galindo; 33080 m at 272°: Reserva Ecológica Varahicacos; 33300 m at 272°: Varahicacos.

Cayo Cedro: close by

2190 m at 272°: Cayo Hornilla (cay); 5080 m at 328°: Cayo Boca Rompida (cay); 5550 m at 247°: Cayo la Muerte (cay); 6760 m at 124°: Cayos Hijos de las Cinco Leguas (island group); 6800 m at 276°: Cayo Partido (cay); 6810 m at 274°: Cayo Seboruco (cay); 6840 m at 132°: Cayo Portillo (cay); 7260 m at 109°: Cayo Largo (cay); 7710 m at 324°: Cayo Galindo (cay); 8540 m at 282°: Cayo Melón (cay); 8760 m at 281°: Cayo Dama (cay); 8790 m at 272°: Cayo Seboruquito (cay).

Cayo Cedro: on and around

Within 15 km: 3 coral reefs, 2 salt works.

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Cayo Cedro: marine life records

37 records of 37 species within 10 km, 1931 to 2013: 34 molluscs, 1 seabirds and shorebirds, 1 marine mammals, 1 corals. That is 11.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Tonna pennata, 1 (molluscs); Cerithideopsis, 1 (molluscs); Melampus monile, 1 (molluscs); Melampus bidentatus, 1 (molluscs); Dendropoma corrodens, 1 (molluscs); Johnsonella fausta, 1 (molluscs); Pusula pediculus, 1 (molluscs); Fissurella barbadensis, 1 (molluscs); Eoacmaea pustulata, 1 (molluscs); Barbatia cancellaria, 1 (molluscs); Pelecanus occidentalis, 1 (seabirds and shorebirds); Cerithidea, 1 (molluscs).

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

Cayo Cedro: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.

Getting to Cayo Cedro

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Cruz del Padre stands about 13 km away.