Cayo Corojo

Cayo Corojo: coast and water

3280 m at 298°: Punta de la Cueva (point); 3790 m at 305°: Ensenada de las Calabazas (cove); 3940 m at 210°: Punta Amarilla (point); 4640 m at 225°: Punta Movida (point); 4830 m at 248°: Banco Piedras (bank); 4850 m at 293°: Bajo del Medio (shoal); 5210 m at 293°: Punta Gorda (point); 5350 m at 255°: Punta Carabineros (point); 5430 m at 259°: Punta Piedras (point); 5780 m at 231°: Bajo de la Milpa (shoal); 5780 m at 231°: Ensenada de las Damas (cove); 6190 m at 270°: Bajo Jucaral (shoal); 6400 m at 246°: Caleta Bruno (cove); 6490 m at 308°: Ensenada Marsillán (cove); 7030 m at 304°: Punta Majagua (point); 7100 m at 219°: Punta Barco Perdido (point).

Cayo Corojo: islands

1030 m at 328°: Cayo Ratón (island); 1560 m at 172°: Cayo Madama (island); 2400 m at 181°: Cayo Colorado (island); 2820 m at 211°: Cayo Ocampo (island); 4640 m at 235°: Cayo Alcatraz (island); 5600 m at 256°: Cayo Carenas (island); 7620 m at 318°: Cayo Loco (island).

Cayo Corojo: inland

680 m at 87°: Palma (locality); 3250 m at 302°: Hotel Punta La Cueva (hotel); 3270 m at 133°: La Campana (settlement); 3730 m at 169°: Los Naturales (locality); 3880 m at 344°: Tejar la Palma (hamlet); 3880 m at 344°: Esmeralda (locality); 4380 m at 147°: La Sabana (locality); 4450 m at 33°: La Bomba (locality); 4930 m at 337°: La Palma (locality); 5170 m at 312°: Punta Gorda (district); 5780 m at 231°: Perche (settlement); 5780 m at 231°: Cueva Londres (locality).

Cayo Corojo: distances

6080 m at 325°: Cienfuegos; 11050 m at 66°: Guaos; 14740 m at 161°: Las Playitas; 5650 m at 352°: Jaime Gonzalez Airport ; 6570 m at 328°: Port of Cienfuegos (port); 6480 m at 314°: Marina Marlin Cienfuegos (marina).

Protected: 30630 m at 112°: Reserva Ecológica Pico San Juan.

Cayo Corojo: close by

1030 m at 328°: Cayo Ratón (cay); 1560 m at 172°: Cayo Madama (cay); 2400 m at 181°: Cayo Colorado (cay); 2810 m at 211°: Cayo Ocampo (cay); 4630 m at 235°: Cayo Alcatraz (cay); 5600 m at 256°: Cayo Carenas (cay); 5840 m at 308°: Punta Revienta Cordeles (fishing); 6620 m at 314°: Muelle Real (fishing); 6890 m at 312°: Terminal Marítima "Olimpia Medina" (fishing); 7030 m at 304°: Punta Majagua (fishing); 7140 m at 198°: Diving Center (reef); 7620 m at 318°: Cayo Loco (cay).

Cayo Corojo: on and around

Within 15 km: 376 guest houses & hostels, 48 schools, 33 factories & works, 24 attractions, 20 clinics & polyclinics, 18 stores & supermarkets, 17 garages & car services, 15 government & embassies, 14 stadiums & sport, 14 historic & heritage.

4690 m at 310°: Villa Playa Alegre (guest houses & hostels); 4730 m at 312°: Hostal Jorge (guest houses & hostels); 4740 m at 313°: Hostal La Verde (guest houses & hostels); 4890 m at 309°: Beisbolito (stadiums & sport); 4960 m at 309°: Maternidad (attractions); 5170 m at 297°: La India Guanaroca (attractions); 5190 m at 293°: Villa Lagarto (attractions); 5190 m at 312°: Estadio 5 de Septiembre (stadiums & sport); 5190 m at 302°: Pista de patinaje (stadiums & sport); 5210 m at 298°: Palacio de Valle (historic & heritage); 5250 m at 292°: Mirador la punta (attractions); 5260 m at 300°: Cancha de Frontenis (stadiums & sport); 5280 m at 301°: Centro Cultural Julio Antonio Mella (theatres & arts).

Cayo Corojo: marine life records

233 records of 146 species within 10 km, 1904 to 2026: 126 molluscs, 50 fish, 34 seabirds and shorebirds, 9 seagrass and algae, 8 crustaceans, 5 other, 1 sharks and rays. That is 74.2 records per 100 km².

Most recorded: Pelecanus occidentalis, 16 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita fulgurans, 15 (molluscs); Cenchritis muricatus, 5 (molluscs); Pterois, 5 (fish); Echinolittorina ziczac, 4 (molluscs); Actitis macularius, 4 (seabirds and shorebirds); Nerita peloronta, 4 (molluscs); Syringodium filiforme, 4 (seagrass and algae); Cardisoma guanhumi, 4 (crustaceans); Chilomycterus antillarum, 3 (fish); Lampanella minima, 3 (molluscs); Sterna sandvicensis, 3 (seabirds and shorebirds).

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 Corojo: notes

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

Getting to Cayo Corojo

• Navigation: the lighthouse Faro de Punta de los Colorados stands about 8.2 km away.