Cays & islands · Isla de la Juventud
Cayo Cocodrilos
Cayo Cocodrilos is a cay at 21°34′42″N 83°07′12″W in Isla de la Juventud province.
Cayo Cocodrilos: coast and water
100 m at 20°: Punta Cocodrilo (point); 1390 m at 136°: Punta Arenas (point); 4990 m at 263°: Caleta de Pedernales (cove); 5350 m at 212°: Punta Lugo (point); 5650 m at 293°: Punta de la Playita (point); 12170 m at 93°: Punta Sucia (point); 12880 m at 160°: Cabo Pepe (cape); 15420 m at 37°: Punta del Franco (point); 15830 m at 36°: Playazo Cañada de Las Piedras (beach); 16030 m at 81°: Bahía de San Pedro (cove); 17680 m at 94°: Estero Las Piedras (estuary); 17740 m at 82°: Río Siguanea (estuary); 17950 m at 27°: Laguna Cementerio de Los Perros (lagoon); 21110 m at 13°: Estero del Soldado (estuary); 21640 m at 17°: Laguna El Soldado (lagoon); 21720 m at 11°: Estero Soldado Chiquito (estuary).
Cayo Cocodrilos: islands
5900 m at 110°: Cayería Los Boquerones (island group); 9190 m at 304°: Cayo Buch (island); 9390 m at 307°: Cayo Francés (island); 9750 m at 108°: Cayo Los Pájaros (island); 27730 m at 11°: Cayo Mangle (island); 27790 m at 342°: Cayos los Indios (island group).
Cayo Cocodrilos: inland
2790 m at 202°: Hato Milián (ranch); 4440 m at 215°: Lugo (locality); 8930 m at 165°: Cocodrilo (settlement); 12410 m at 119°: Villares (locality); 14890 m at 103°: Palma Garza (locality); 14900 m at 57°: Itabo (stream); 15130 m at 112°: Gómez (locality); 15510 m at 37°: Los Indios (stream); 18160 m at 129°: El Jorobado (locality); 18640 m at 58°: Itabo Tract de San Pedro (locality); 21340 m at 24°: Loma Soldado (hill); 22550 m at 59°: Siguanea North (airfield).
Cayo Cocodrilos: distances
15400 m at 67°: Playa Roja; 26370 m at 9°: Playa Buenavista; 31020 m at 52°: Municipio Especial Isla de la Juventud; 44930 m at 51°: Rafael Cabrera Airport ; 161510 m at 14°: Port of Mariel (port); 160000 m at 88°: Marina Marlin Cayo Largo (marina).
Protected: 2200 m at 241°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés; 36800 m at 77°: Reserva de Fauna Ciénaga de Lanier.
Cayo Cocodrilos: close by
5820 m at 290°: Cabezo de Moya (reef); 5900 m at 110°: Cayería Los Boquerones (island group); 9140 m at 309°: Punta Francés (reef); 9190 m at 304°: Cayo Buch (cay); 9390 m at 307°: Cayo Francés (cay); 9750 m at 108°: Cayo Los Pájaros (cay); 11050 m at 88°: Cabezo Punta Sucia (reef); 14710 m at 56°: Perca (reef).
Cayo Cocodrilos: on and around
Within 15 km: 1 parks & reserves, 1 attractions, 1 coral reefs.
2200 m at 241°: Parque Nacional Marino Punta Francés (parks & reserves); 8420 m at 12°: pesquero mío (attractions).
Cayo Cocodrilos: marine life records
978 records of 185 species within 10 km, 1919 to 2017: 445 fish, 241 corals, 210 sponges, 36 crustaceans, 24 seagrass and algae, 18 other, 2 molluscs, 1 sharks and rays, 1 marine mammals. That is 311.3 records per 100 km².
Most recorded: Demospongiae, 56 (sponges); Siderastrea siderea, 36 (corals); Agelas sceptrum, 35 (sponges); Millepora complanata, 32 (corals); Scarus iseri, 31 (fish); Haemulon sciurus, 29 (fish); Acanthurus coeruleus, 29 (fish); Lutjanus apodus, 27 (fish); Haemulon flavolineatum, 26 (fish); Sparisoma aurofrenatum, 24 (fish); Porites astreoides, 23 (corals); Pseudodiploria clivosa, 20 (corals).
Records show where people have surveyed, not how many animals there are.
Cayo Cocodrilos: notes
Some cays belong to resorts and are closed to day visitors.
Sources and data
Name and position: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) (record). Distances are straight-line measurements from these coordinates. Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar. Named places: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Positions from public gazetteers can be approximate, so confirm a location with a local operator before you travel.