Cayo Chiquito

Cayo Chiquito: coast and water

7910 m at 173°: Punta Arrecife (reef); 17960 m at 13°: Punta Fontiche (point); 18480 m at 16°: Punta Muerto (point); 20230 m at 19°: Ensenada Carenero (bay); 21120 m at 20°: Punta Tolete (point); 21230 m at 25°: Laguna Redonda (lagoon); 21540 m at 30°: Laguna Las Caobas (lagoon); 24530 m at 9°: Laguna del Viaducto (lagoon); 24550 m at 158°: Canal Bretón (channel); 25730 m at 320°: Bajos Las Escobas (shoal); 25840 m at 341°: Ensenada de Guayacanes (cove); 25890 m at 54°: Ensenada de las Guásimas (cove); 26170 m at 344°: Punta Ocujes (point); 28280 m at 329°: Punta Higuanojo (point); 28610 m at 58°: Laguna Las Coloradas (lagoon); 29860 m at 32°: Antigua Laguna Valle (marsh).

Cayo Chiquito: islands

370 m at 176°: Cayo Zaza de Afuera (island); 15770 m at 352°: Cayo Blanco de Zaza (island); 17280 m at 16°: Cayo La Boca (island); 25730 m at 306°: Cayo Macho de Afuera (island).

Cayo Chiquito: inland

18570 m at 14°: Zaza (stream); 19560 m at 7°: Tunas de Zaza (settlement); 24820 m at 347°: Tayabacoa (stream); 24900 m at 0°: Banao (stream); 25270 m at 10°: Costa Rica (locality); 25930 m at 53°: Arroyo de Boquerones (stream); 26170 m at 30°: San Fernando (settlement); 26310 m at 12°: Salado (stream); 26640 m at 21°: Sitio Abajo (locality); 26680 m at 28°: Aguachile (settlement); 27150 m at 341°: Los Charcos (stream); 27530 m at 19°: Vallejo (settlement).

Cayo Chiquito: distances

33080 m at 23°: Guasimal; 36900 m at 321°: Playa Las Majaguas; 46430 m at 4°: El Cachual; 56970 m at 310°: Alberto Delgado Airport ; 117810 m at 311°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 54210 m at 307°: Marina Trinidad (Casilda) (marina).

Cayo Chiquito: close by

380 m at 176°: Cayo Zaza de Afuera (cay); 7910 m at 173°: Punta Arrecife (reef); 11450 m at 182°: Arrecife de la Barbacoa (reef); 14040 m at 184°: Médanos de la Vela (reef); 15770 m at 352°: Cayo Blanco de Zaza (cay); 17590 m at 16°: Cayo La Boca (cay); 19440 m at 7°: Zaza (fishing); 24330 m at 105°: Banco de Manatí (reef); 24530 m at 9°: Camaronera CultiZaza (fishing).

Cayo Chiquito: marine life records

289 records of 51 species within 10 km, 2001 to 2022: 144 corals, 143 fish, 2 seabirds and shorebirds. That is 92.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Siderastrea siderea, 33 (corals); Agaricia agaricites, 26 (corals); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 19 (fish); Acanthurus bahianus, 19 (fish); Scarus iseri, 15 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 13 (fish); Porites astreoides, 13 (corals); Orbicella faveolata, 12 (corals); Montastraea, 11 (corals); Orbicella annularis, 10 (corals); Chaetodon capistratus, 10 (fish); Porites porites, 9 (corals).

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

Cayo Chiquito: notes

Land only where a guide allows it.