Cayo Colorado

Cayo Colorado: coast and water

1830 m at 284°: Punta de los Chivos (point); 2150 m at 242°: Punta Amarilla (point); 2970 m at 245°: Punta Terry (point); 3350 m at 255°: Punta Movida (point); 3630 m at 312°: Banco Tomasito (bank); 4450 m at 278°: Punta Arenás (point); 4590 m at 254°: Punta Cañada Grande (point); 5040 m at 299°: Cabezo Langosta (shoal); 5400 m at 235°: Punta Barco Perdido (point); 5430 m at 284°: Punta Piedras (point); 5500 m at 202°: Ensenada Rancho Luna (cove); 5660 m at 268°: Punta La Cantera (point); 5870 m at 331°: Punta Yerba (point); 6170 m at 217°: Faro de Punta de Los Colorados (lighthouse); 6570 m at 237°: Puerto de Jagua (inlet); 6600 m at 292°: Bajo Jucaral (shoal).

Cayo Colorado: islands

910 m at 18°: Cayo Madama (island); 1400 m at 270°: Cayo Ocampo (island); 2410 m at 2°: Cayo Corojo (island); 3310 m at 352°: Cayo Ratón (island); 3740 m at 266°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 5460 m at 281°: Cayo Carenas (island).

Cayo Colorado: inland

1600 m at 218°: Palma Sola (locality); 2550 m at 17°: Palma (locality); 3270 m at 197°: Antoñica (locality); 3350 m at 165°: Las Auras (hamlet); 4590 m at 254°: Perche (settlement); 4860 m at 190°: Hotel Gran Caribe Faro Luna (hotel); 4950 m at 30°: Cansa Vaca (locality); 5200 m at 156°: El Güiro (hamlet); 5550 m at 154°: Uribi (locality); 5570 m at 252°: Pasacaballo (hotel); 5920 m at 84°: La Vega (locality); 5920 m at 84°: Loma la Vigía (locality).

Cayo Colorado: distances

8140 m at 335°: Cienfuegos; 12270 m at 56°: Guaos; 12520 m at 157°: Las Playitas; 8030 m at 355°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 8680 m at 337°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 8290 m at 326°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 29860 m at 108°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Colorado: close by

900 m at 18°: Cayo Madama (cay); 1400 m at 270°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 2400 m at 1°: Cayo Corojo (cay); 3310 m at 352°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 3730 m at 266°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 4880 m at 206°: Diving Center (reef); 5460 m at 281°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 7520 m at 323°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 8440 m at 326°: Muelle Real (fishing); 8580 m at 318°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 8640 m at 324°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 9520 m at 328°: Cayo Loco (cay).

Cayo Colorado: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 47 schools, 27 factories & works, 24 attractions, 20 clinics & polyclinics, 18 stores & supermarkets, 17 garages & car services, 15 government & embassies, 14 stadiums & sport, 14 historic & heritage.

4730 m at 202°: Villa Rancho Luna (guest houses & hostels); 4760 m at 203°: Villa La China (guest houses & hostels); 4770 m at 204°: Casa Larabi (guest houses & hostels); 4860 m at 194°: Centro Provincial de Entrenamiento Deportivo (stadiums & sport); 4930 m at 207°: Los Corales (attractions); 4960 m at 208°: Delfinario Cienfuegos (attractions); 5680 m at 175°: Desembocadura del Río Arimao (attractions); 5850 m at 253°: Pasacaballos (stations & terminals); 5880 m at 256°: Castillo de Jagua (stations & terminals); 5920 m at 262°: Anfiteatro (theatres & arts); 6150 m at 254°: Ciudad Nuclear (stations & terminals); 6400 m at 241°: Campismo Popular de Jagua (camp sites); 6460 m at 313°: Villa Lagarto (attractions).

Cayo Colorado: marine life records

223 records of 144 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 116 molluscs, 50 fish, 34 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 crustaceans, 5 other, 1 sharks and rays. That is 71.0 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 12 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 5 (molluscs); Pterois, 5 (fish); Echinolittorina ziczac, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Syringodium filiforme, 4 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 3 (molluscs).

Months with records, seabirds and shorebirds: Feb 2, Mar 1, Jun 3, Jul 2, Dec 3.

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

Cayo Colorado: notes

Take your rubbish away and keep off the mangrove.

Getting to Cayo Colorado

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 6.2 km away.