Cayo Corojal

Cayo Corojal: coast and water

720 m at 173°: Bajo de la Caoba (shoal); 770 m at 354°: Punta Cañas (point); 890 m at 39°: Punta Corojal (point); 960 m at 77°: Bajo del Linar (shoal); 1150 m at 4°: Ensenada Sardinero (cove); 1340 m at 211°: Punta Almejas (point); 1780 m at 44°: Punta Majagua (point); 1920 m at 112°: Pasa San Diego (channel); 1920 m at 112°: Fondeadero Corojal (anchorage); 2120 m at 88°: Punta del Muerto (point); 2130 m at 198°: Punta Mojarra (point); 2260 m at 128°: Bahía Honda (bay); 2570 m at 178°: Punta Biajaca (point); 2570 m at 178°: Punta Vapor (point); 2870 m at 179°: Punta La Colorada (point); 2980 m at 77°: Ensenada Santa Teresa (bay).

Cayo Corojal: islands

2370 m at 93°: Cayo del Muerto (island); 3290 m at 139°: Cayo El Chivo (island); 3310 m at 164°: Cayo Pájaro (island); 4940 m at 333°: Cayuelo La Poza (island).

Cayo Corojal: inland

1150 m at 4°: La Caoba (locality); 1940 m at 336°: Corojalito (settlement); 3040 m at 212°: Mendieta (locality); 3190 m at 165°: Bahía Honda (stream); 4100 m at 263°: Vaquería Comandante Número Uno (ranch); 4130 m at 111°: Nazareno (stream); 4200 m at 60°: La Zona (hamlet); 4700 m at 200°: Central Harlem (sugar mill); 4700 m at 200°: Gerardo Pastora (locality); 4750 m at 136°: Montaña (stream); 4760 m at 158°: Las Diez Caballerías (hamlet); 5260 m at 98°: Santa Teresa (locality).

Cayo Corojal: distances

5930 m at 160°: Bahía Honda; 13590 m at 267°: Playa Morrillo; 15820 m at 239°: Arroyo de Piedra; 79430 m at 87°: José Martí International Airport ; 44610 m at 85°: Port of Mariel (port); 71340 m at 78°: Marina Hemingway (marina).

Protected: 23690 m at 117°: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra del Rosario; 33600 m at 222°: Mil Cumbres.

Cayo Corojal: close by

2380 m at 93°: Cayo del Muerto (cay); 3280 m at 139°: Cayo El Chivo (cay); 3320 m at 164°: Cayo Pájaro (cay); 3990 m at 2°: Cabeza Guano de Genaro (reef); 3990 m at 2°: Cabezo Guano de Genaro (reef); 4910 m at 349°: Cabezo del Jorobado (reef); 4940 m at 333°: Cayuelo La Poza (cay); 12600 m at 268°: Cayo Piedra del Medio (cay); 13590 m at 262°: Base de Pesca Deportiva El Morrillo (fishing); 17550 m at 257°: Cayo Morrillo (cay); 18330 m at 82°: Bajo de Cayo Ahogado (reef); 18630 m at 79°: Cayo Negrito (cay).

Cayo Corojal: on and around

Within 15 km: 7 coral reefs, 4 guest houses & hostels, 3 sugar mills & refineries, 3 historic & heritage, 2 factories & works, 2 urban parks & plazas, 2 stores & supermarkets, 2 hospitals, 2 fuel stations, 2 peaks & volcanoes.

3060 m at 157°: Vista al Mar (guest houses & hostels); 4220 m at 49°: Fuerte de San Fernando (historic & heritage); 5820 m at 162°: Casa Gualberto y Deysi (guest houses & hostels); 6240 m at 159°: Parque José Martí (urban parks & plazas); 6300 m at 159°: Parque de las Madres (urban parks & plazas); 6360 m at 158°: Museo municipal (museums); 6560 m at 153°: Villa Tita (guest houses & hostels); 6680 m at 149°: Rodeo (stadiums & sport); 10990 m at 271°: Campismo La Altura (camp sites); 11530 m at 167°: Quarry (mines & quarries); 12600 m at 268°: Desembarco de Narciso López (historic & heritage); 14510 m at 166°: Loma Caldoso (peaks & volcanoes); 14830 m at 178°: Loma El Chivo🐐 (peaks & volcanoes).

Cayo Corojal: marine life records

1444 records of 134 species within 10 km, 1877 to 2003: 1290 other, 67 crustaceans, 33 corals, 29 molluscs, 10 echinoderms, 10 fish, 3 sponges, 2 marine mammals. That is 459.6 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Ostracoda, 48 (other); Undinula vulgaris, 45 (other); Mecynocera gracilis, 40 (other); Calanoida, 40 (other); Oncaea media, 40 (other); Oncaea venusta venella, 40 (other); Chaetognatha, 40 (other); Clausocalanus furcatus, 40 (other); Nannocalanus minor, 40 (other); Farranula gracilis, 35 (other); Oncaea, 35 (other); Calocalanus pavoninus, 35 (other).

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

Cayo Corojal: notes

Many cays have no landing, so ask an operator first.

Getting to Cayo Corojal

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro Punta del Morillo stands about 4.2 km away.
• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta Gobernadora stands about 5.3 km away.