Cayo Chico

Cayo Chico: coast and water

480 m at 244°: Punta Manatí (point); 3880 m at 163°: Bajo Yaguasey (shoal); 3940 m at 118°: Quebrado de Moa (channel); 4000 m at 203°: Bahía Cayo Moa (bay); 4750 m at 133°: Bajo Grande (shoal); 4960 m at 257°: Ensenada de Vaca (bay); 6250 m at 128°: Bajo Estrello (shoal); 6290 m at 139°: Punta Río Moa (point); 6460 m at 263°: Boca Cabañas (cove); 6490 m at 266°: Punta El Maja (point); 8020 m at 141°: Punta Yagrumaje (point); 8790 m at 142°: Bahía Yagrumage (cove); 8920 m at 140°: Ensenada Yagrumage (cove); 15720 m at 263°: Punta Sotavento (point); 22290 m at 206°: Farallones de Moa (point); 23960 m at 265°: Bahía Cebolla (cove).

Cayo Chico: islands

1090 m at 137°: Cayo Moa Grande (island); 9510 m at 277°: Cayo Burro (island); 23160 m at 122°: Cayo del Medio (island).

Cayo Chico: inland

5820 m at 197°: Los Mangos (hamlet); 6730 m at 151°: Río Moa (stream); 7980 m at 183°: La Veguita (settlement); 8700 m at 223°: Cabaña de Centeno (settlement); 8910 m at 143°: Yagrumaje (stream); 10150 m at 223°: Arrroyo Centeno (stream); 12580 m at 230°: Jucaral (settlement); 12690 m at 253°: Yaguaneque (locality); 13540 m at 196°: Arroyo Arroyón (stream); 13990 m at 137°: Quemado del Negro (settlement); 14990 m at 125°: Arroyo Semillero (stream); 15230 m at 137°: La Melba (locality).

Cayo Chico: distances

4970 m at 218°: CDR 7 de la Zona 40 (Moa); 5610 m at 209°: Moa; 23060 m at 125°: Yamanigüey; 56670 m at 131°: Gustavo Rizo Airport ; 5070 m at 209°: Port of Moa (port); 128420 m at 231°: Marina Marlin Santiago de Cuba (marina).

Protected: 24620 m at 171°: Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt.

Cayo Chico: close by

1090 m at 137°: Cayo Moa Grande (cay); 9510 m at 277°: Cayo Burro (cay); 23160 m at 122°: Cayo del Medio (cay).

Cayo Chico: on and around

Within 15 km: 17 schools, 15 stores & supermarkets, 14 mines & quarries, 11 clinics & polyclinics, 11 government & embassies, 9 urban parks & plazas, 9 factories & works, 8 guest houses & hostels, 5 places of worship, 5 banks & exchange.

4490 m at 217°: Casa Dionnis y Daynaris (guest houses & hostels); 4750 m at 206°: Maty´s House (guest houses & hostels); 4750 m at 222°: Parque (urban parks & plazas); 4790 m at 204°: Pedro Soto Alba (historic & heritage); 4910 m at 216°: Sara Llamas (guest houses & hostels); 4980 m at 218°: Area de Recreo (urban parks & plazas); 5050 m at 222°: Campo de Softbol (stadiums & sport); 5290 m at 209°: Parque Pedro Sotto Alba (urban parks & plazas); 5290 m at 218°: Anfiteatro del Pueblo (theatres & arts); 5310 m at 214°: Las Almendras (urban parks & plazas); 5370 m at 210°: Paladar "El Palenque" (cuban cuisine & lechón); 5440 m at 214°: Plaza Triangular (urban parks & plazas); 5490 m at 213°: Ángel Romero Videaux (stadiums & sport).

Cayo Chico: marine life records

15 records of 13 species within 10 km, 1939 to 2021: 6 fish, 4 echinoderms, 2 corals, 1 sharks and rays, 1 seagrass and algae, 1 crustaceans. That is 4.8 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Neoscopelus macrolepidotus, 2 (fish); Stephanocyathus (Odontocyathus) coronatus, 2 (corals); Ophiosphalma serratum, 1 (echinoderms); Hexanchus griseus, 1 (sharks and rays); Sparisoma viride, 1 (fish); Amphiura otteri, 1 (echinoderms); Synaphobranchus affinis, 1 (fish); Cassytha filiformis, 1 (seagrass and algae); Munidopsis cubensis, 1 (crustaceans); Ophiogeron granulatus, 1 (echinoderms); Ophiozonella granulifera, 1 (echinoderms); Gambusia, 1 (fish).

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

Cayo Chico: notes

A cay can lie inside a protected area.

Getting to Cayo Chico

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Cayo Moa Grande stands about 1.2 km away.